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NEWCASTLE, 



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EARLY PEMAQUID, DAMARISCOTTA, AND OTHER 

CONTIGUOUS PLACES. FROM THE EARLIEST 

DISCOVERY TO THE PRESENT TIME; 

TOGETHER WITH THE GENEALOGY OF MORE THAN 
FOUR HUNDRED FAMILIES; 

By key. DAVID QUIMBY buSHMAN, 

Member of the M.vixe Historical Society, and Member of the 
New England Historic-Genealogical Society, and Mem- 
ber OF the Sagadahock Historical Society. 



JUfJ ^1 1883 

BATH: ^^v^.^fi'-ASHiN 



E. UPTON & SON, PRINTERS. 

1882. , 



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Entered accortling to Act of Congress, in the year 1882, by Rev. David 
QuiMUY CusHMAN, iu the oflice of the Librarian of Congress at Wasliington. 



PREFACE. 



This work is the result of many years' thought and care- 
ful research. It has been prosecuted amidst many other 
cares and duties. I have consulted all the works within 
my reach, that relate to the Antiquity of the State ; but the 
most valuable part of that which is now given to the public, 
came down through the Woodbridge and Cargill famiUes, 
and has been gathered from the lips of the inhabitants 
themselves. This has never yet passed into books, and 
would soon have been lost, if this pen of mine had not 
traced the lines as fast as the ear caught the words from 
the living witness. These facts and anecdotes which I 
claim to be new, and this Genealogy which I am sure no 
other living man would have undertaken, have been 
gathered up and saved in this manner. 

I have aimed at accuracy rather than beauty, and 
endeavored to shut everything out that has not seemed to 
be well authenticated. A history has no value except it be 
a correct report of facts. Fancy, guess work and suppo- 
sition are not the materials with which to work out srave 
and impartial history. Other eyes than the Author's are 
to look at these things, and those interested are to be the 
judges of the correctness and value of these matters. 



To the members of the Historical Society ; to all lovers of Anti- 
quarian research ; to tlie descendants of those whose lives were 
passed amidst perils while they planted Institutions for us to enjoy, 
and esjDecially to all those who have readily and obligingly assisted 
me in my labors in this work. 

Most respectfully and affectionately inscribed by 

The Author. 

Bath, January 1, 1882. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 

Chap. I. John Beown. — Pearce's Testimony. — Brown Fam- 
ily. —Sander Gould.— William Hilton. — The "Pine 
Tree." — John Brown of Framingham. — James Noble. — 
■William Vaughan l--! 

Chap. II. The Plymouth Councii;. — .\lsworth and Elbridge. 
— Extent of Grant. — Right of Sale. — Property 
Changes Hands. — Davison's Will. — Shem Drowue. — 
Power of Attorney. — Drowne's Offer. — Confirmation of 
Drowne's Right. — Col. Dunbar. — James Yates. — 
Drowne's Divisions. — Meeting at Orange Tavern 7-li 

Chap. III. Captube of Fobt Charles. — John Gyles' Narra- 
tive. — The Massacre.- The Treaty. — The Departure. — 
Gyles' Return 14-20 

Chap. IV. Ancient Ruins at Pemaquid. — The Singular 
Building.— The Tan Pits.— The Barbican.— The An- 
cient Canal.— Fort William Henry 20-25 

Chap. V. Ancient Sheepscot.— Situation and Description. 
Cavessix River. — Dyer's River. — "The Dementions of 
the Towne Necke". — Residences Located. — Madam 
Gent.— Alleyn's Falls.— Grist Mill.— Thomas Gent.— 
Madam Gent's Deed 25-30 

Chap. VI. Antiquity op the Settlement. — The Popham 
Colony. — Testimony of the Trees. — Nationality and 
Numerousness of tlie Colony. — The Dutch. — Prosperity 
of ('olony. — Interesting Remains. — Underground Ma- 
sonry. — The Blacksmith's Sliop. — Things Found. — The 
Anvil. — The Ship-j^ard. — The Plank and Sawdust. — 
The Hidden Treasure.— The Mills . . . : 30-39 

Chap. VII. Purchases of Indians. — John Mason's Deed. 
— Extent of Purchase. — Bounds of Manning's Land. — 
Plan.— Gent's Purchase 39-42 



VI CONTENTS. 

Chap VIII. Walter Phtllips.— His Kesidences. — Debris. 
— Cart Path.- -Phillips' Neighbours. — Taylor. — Smith. . 
— Brown. — Scott. — Kimball. — Phillips' Purchases. — 
Carrving Place. — Subsequent Transactions. — John 
Taylor's "Four Mile Tract." — Davis' Purchase 42-49 

Chap. IX. The King's Gr.\nt to James. — Dutch Colonists 
at New York. — Appointment of Commissioners.- -Their 
Doings. — Session at Sheepscot. — County of Cornwall 
Erected. — Dartmouth or New Dartmouth.— First Civil 
Government. — The Oath. — Commissioners did not un- 
derstand the Genius and Wants of the People — Nego- 
tiate a Treaty. — Sheepscot Records. — Departure of 
Commissioners 49-56 

Chap. X. Kixg Phillip's War. — Destruction of the Settle- 
ment. — Abraham Shute. — Unfortunate Occurrence at 
Saco. — Squando.— Wm. Dyer's Death. — Affair at Now 
Meadows lliver. — Murders at Falmoutli.--The Combat 
Thickens. — Fight at New Meadows. — Destruction of 
Hammond's Establishment at Stinson's Point. — Flight 
of the Girl. — Escape of Inhabitants. — Extent of Kav- 
ages. — Desolation. — Number Killed. — Cost of War. . . . 56-63 

Chap. XI. Eetubn of Emigration. — Proposed Township of 
New Dartmouth. — Petition of Inhabitants. — John Al- 
leyn's Petition.— Association at Boston. — Articles of 
Agreement 63-68 

Chap. — XII. Palmer and West. — Col. Thomas Dungau. — 
Be-grant and Confirmation of Lands. — Survej-s. — 
Boundaries Traced. — Amount of Fees. — Dutch at 
Sheepscot 69-75 

Ch.ap XEII. Sir Kdmu.vd Andros. — His Advisers. — Visits 
Penobscot. — Indian Troubles. — Close of Administra- 
tion. — Confinement. — Popular Commutation. —General 
Convention. — New Dartmouth Ceases. 75-79 

Chap. XIV. Second De.struction of Sheepscot.— Second 
Indian War.— Afi'air at North Yarmouth.— Cfipt. Wal- 
ter Gendell — Inhabitants in Garrison. — Packet Con- 
sumed. — The Young Man Afoot to Boston. — Relief 
Comes. — Explosion of the Stuffed Cannon. — Character 
of the People.- -No Connection with the Popham Col- 
ony 79-88 



CONTENTS. VH 

Chap. XV. Treaty op Ryswick. Murder at Kitteiy. — 
Maine Remembered. — A Committee of Claims. — The 
War Cloud.s Arising. — Death of James 2d. — The Pre- 
tender. — Crown Limited to the Royal Protestant Line. 
— Death of Mary. — Haverill. — Committee of Claims 
and Settlements.— Fort at Cushnoc. — Rale. — Dummer's 
Treaty.— Ware of Aboriginal Power. — Prosperity and 
Thrift 89-95 

Chap. XVI. Claims and Claimants. — Elias Mnlford. — 
Stephen Calef. — Benjamin Tower. — A. Lovering. — Ann 
Harden. — Thomas Gent. — Robert Scott. — Isaac Taylor. 
— Capt. Sylvamis Davis. 95-98 

Chap. XVII. Rev. Cheistophek Tappan. — His Purchase. — 
Possessions at Mt. Sweague. — Agreement with Gatchell 
and Thomas. — Beuj. Cheney. — John Manning, Jun.'s 
Letter. — Tappan's Proposition. — Tappau and Obadiah 
Gove. — Gove's Descendants 98-102 

Chap. XVIII. David Dunbar. — His arrival. — His proceed- 
ings. — His residence. — His unpopularity. — The Memo- 
rial.— Report.— Removal.— Deatli 102-108 

Chap. XIX. William Vaughan. — James Noble. Elliot 

Vaughan 108-109 

Chap. XX. Christopher Tappan. His surveys. — The gifts. 

The Tappan lots. 109-113 

Chal. XXI. Tappan's Agreement with Pearman and Win- 
ter. — Dr. Winslow. — The Lawsuit. — Tappan vs. 
Vaughan. — Tappan loses the case. — Thomas Follans- 
bee. — Commissioners of 1811 1 1-4-117 

Chap. XXII. Governor Belcher. — Punishment of duellists. 

The Throat Distemper '. 117-120 

Chap. XXIII. Gov. Shirley Appointed. — Old tenor. — New 

tenor. — Garrisons strengthened. — Minute Men 120-122 

Chap, XXIV. Fifth Indian or Spanish war. — Duquesnel. — 
Annapolis. Col. William Pepperell. — Seige of Louis- 
burg. — Samuel Waldo. — Colonel William Vaughan — 
William Burns. — Vaughan with a command. — The 
place captured. — The frigate Vigilant 122-127 

Chap, XXV. Scenes of Blood. — Outrages at Newcastle. 
Attack on Fort Frederick. Depredations at North Yar- 
mouth. — Declaration of War against all the Eastern 



i. 



Vlll CONTENTS. 

tribes, — Tlie Hiirvestinp; part^' attacked at Sljee^jscott — 
(ii'rrnaii sfttleuiLMit at Broad Bay reduced to uslies. — 
Five iiuMi at Sheepsrot tired upon. — Captaiu Jonathan 
Williamson of Wiscasset taken. — Garrison at Damaris- 
cotta taken. — William Jones. — John Huston. — An In- 
dian raid at Sheep.scot. — Expedition to Nova Scotia. — 
Col. Arthur Noble. — Treaty o^ peace at Falmouth. — 
i roul)les renewed. — Bloody afl'ray at Wiscasset. — Fort 
Frederick attacked— New Style 128-136 

C'hap. XXVI. C.VPT. David ('ARcuLiii. — His harshness towards 
the Indians. — The Indians seeking lodgings.— The 
blind Indian. — Cargill at the Sawmill. — Inventory. — 
His E.istern E.Kpedition. — .Aliirgaret Mo.Ka. — Trial and 
acquittal. — The "wicked little tiddle.'' — Expedition to 
the Penobscot. — The embarkation.— The survey party. 
.\rrival at Belfast.— Death of Waldo. — Cargill taken by 
the Indiins. — Benj. Wnodbridge, Sr., Benj. Wood- 
ridge, Jr. — The (.irindstone. — John McNear. — 'I'he 
neighbor in a fright. — McNear threshing. — Mrs Mc- 
. Near and the dogs. — The half ton of thatch. — Baga- 
duce prison. — Capt. Alexander Nickels.- Capt. James 
Nickels. — Out of patience. — Death of Ihomas Nick- 
els, Esq. — Purchases of lands. — William McLelland. 
The terrified mother. — The bear on a trot. — Bruin 
lost his supper. — Samuel Waters. — Robert Hodge, 
Sr. — llobert Hodge, Jr. — The Slaves. — David Murray, 
Esq. — Major John Farley.— Other settlers 137-lG-t 

Ch.vp. XXVII. NEWCA.STLE.— Boundaries. — Town Meeting — 
D:uigei-ous times. — French and Indian war. — The 
Pound. — Five men made prisoners at Sheepscot. — 
Alarms given. — French Neutrals: — ^^Declaration of war 
against France. Betsey Forrester. — Indian attack. — 
The Pounds. — Sorrows in Bristol. — Death of Hopkins. 
The colt on a spit. — The Lermond family. — Betsey shot. 
Lermond in pugnacity. — ^^A man shot.— Paul, the un- 
erring marksman. — Mrs. Hodge a milking. — Kobert 
Adams taking his Inst supper. — Wymau's powder — The 
wounded Frenchman. — The massacre of the Hilton's. 
— Saunders taken.— Garrisons. — The Spartan women. 
The day Mail Carriers.— The Garrison in ruins. —Car- 
gill vs. Bradbury.— Quebec captured 164-181 



CONTENTS. 



IX 



Chap XXVIII. Pownalboroitgh. — <nm^'erlana and Lin- 
■ coin -Jurors. -Woodbridge's bargain— Ovine legisla- 
tion.-Crime and penalty — Avery. -Ferry.-Censns.- 
Regimental mu.ster.-A W,g-"Flanker's. - Captain 
Nickels's claim.— Bristol incorporated.— A Church.— 
Commodore Tucker. -Petition. - Roads. - tariff. - 
Pound. -Convention in B.^ston. - William Nickels 
Delecrate.-A toot pedlar in troul)le.- A town charge.— 
Medil^al prescription.-lloads.-Temperance petition. 
Bridge at Puddle Dock.-^Fish keepers."- Edgcomb. 
A Provincial Congress.-Benjamin Woodbndge R^P^'e- 

sentative.- Silvester Murphy in debt-Marks l^S-iUJ 

Chap XXIX Dangebs of the Coxtntby.— Doing of the 
Provisional Congress.- Committee of Correspondence. 
The sloop "Three Brothers.-A Tiansgression.- Con- 
fession. -Hodsre's promise.-Oathof Allegiance.- Mas- 
sachusetts Independent.-Response of Newcastle.- 
Town Boundary disputed. -Timothy Parson's ietter.- 
The murder of Soule.-Men and supplies for the army. 
Plan of Government not acccptable.-Massachusetts 
Districted.— The fortunate vessi^ls.- Wiscasset laid un- 
der contribution.- County Conventions.-Votes for 
Cxovernor.-Army supplies.- Newcastle in excess ot 
supplies of men and means for the army.— A bit of re- 
bellion.— Peace proclaimed.— Newcastle herself again. 

Convention at Broad Cove 

Chap XXX. Town Census and Valuation. -Convention at 
Falmouth.-Portlaud incorporated.- -Petition for Jail 
at Wiscasset.- Roads. -Vessel lost. -Vote on the 
United States Constitutio... -Election of President and 
Vice President of United Stat.s.-Fedn-al Representa- 
tion — Road disc.nthiued.— Sheepscot Bridge.— Va- 
rious Matters.-Wiscasset incorporated.-Dresden do. 
Mew \Iilforddo.-The Northwest Controversy.-Bridge , 
built over Dy^^r's riv3r.-3.ude Posts erected.-Votes 
for President and Vice President of United States.— 
Damariscotta Bridge.-The Fish Stream.-Apatient.- 
T he Catholic Church. -Bath, Wiscasset and Waldoboro 
Collection District.-Town Valuation and Tariff.-Job 
Averill— i-he Agent Truman. -Road.-Bridge on to 
Dyer's Neck. -The uncure.i patient—The sate opera- 
tion.-Cost of a Lawsuit. -Rise of Property.- I he Im- 



X CONTENTS. 

partial assessment 217-24:1 

Chap. XXXI. A Sluiceway at Damariscotta Mills. — 
Bounty for crows. — I'rotestaut ^Methodist Society. — 
Vote ou Separation of Maine from Massachusetts. — 
Line run bet.veen Newcastle and Edgcomb. — Action 
respecting spirituous liquors. — Guide post erected. — 
Contract closed between Rev. Mr. Bayley and the 
town. — Action of town respecting obstruction of fish 
in Damariscotta river. — Wiscasset Road and Marsh 
Stream Bridge. — Damariscotta Bridge. — Supervisor 
chosen. — Liquor Agency. — Bounty voted.— Paying vol- 
unteers. — "Drinking houses and tippling shops." — R. 
R. Bonds issued. — Fire engine. — Taxation for payment 
of R. R. Bonds. — Position and integrity of Newcastle. 
The Lincoln Democr.at. — Dam at Damariscotta. — Cen- 
tennial Celebration. — Newcastle State Bank. — Physi- 
cians in Newcastle 242-250 

Chap. XXXII. Rev. Alexander Boyd. — Ordination. — 
Church. — Dissatisfaction. — Dismission. — Ministerial 
lot.— Rev. Nathan Ward. — Call.- Declines settlement. 
Efforts to obtain a minister and repair Meeting House. 
Rev. Job Lain. — Call to settle. — Declines. — Rev. Sam- 
uel Perley. — Meeting House on East side of the town. 
Rev. Wm. Southmayd. — Rev. Job Benedict. — An in- • 
teresting account. — Proposals to gather a church. — 
Meeting Houses. — Rev. Jesse Reed. — Rev. Samuel 
Wheeler. — Rev. John Urquhart.— Rev. Thurston Whit- 
ing. — His call, settlement, dismission. — Congregational 
Platform. — Unsuccessful efforts to build Meeting 
Houses at different places. — Town prosecuted for not 
having the gospel preached. — Whiting prosecution. — 
Meeting House sold. — A new Meeting House in the 
"Middle of the town."— Rev. Mr. Pickle.— Rev. Kiah 
Bayley, Rev. Jotham Sewall and others. — Church at 
Sheepscot. — At Damariscotta. — Methodist Church. — 
Baptist.— Catholic Church.— Episcopalians 250-295 

Chap. XXXIII. Li>jcoln Academy. — Petition. — Charter. — 
Rev. Kiah Bayley.— Grant of Land. — Records De- 
stroyed. — Academy Finished. — School Commenced. — 
Preceptors.— Death of ('argill.— List of Teachers 295 304 

Chap. XXXIV. Schools. — Town Prosecuted. — EleazerHud- 



CONTENTS. XI 

son. — The Town Districted. — Hugh Holmes. — Mr. 
Faithful Singer. — Mr. Leison. — Mr. Moses Holman. — 
Ages of scholars Defined. — Orchard Cooke. — Schools 
Revived 304-310 

Chap. XXXV. Clam Shell Deposits. — Oyster Bed. — Indian 
Burying Place. — The Mysterious Coral. — Stone Relics. 
— The Bark Sunbeam. — A. Barn Burnt. — Singular 
State of the Weather —The Apple Story 310-324 

('sap. XXXVI. SHtP-BUiLDixG IN NEWCASTLE. — Brickmak- 

ing 325-331 

Chap. XXXVII, PaBLio Opficebs.— Soldiers.— Genealogy. 332-437 

Appendix. Where was Pentecost Harbor ? — Petition for 
the Incorporation of Sheepscot. — Petition for the In- 
corporation of Whitehaven 438-458 



GENERAL HISTORY. 



THE VOYAGE OF THE CABOTS. 

In the year 1-497, Henry YIII gave leave to John Cabot 
to proceed on a voyage of discovery to America. And 
with two small vessels Cabot and his son started, and 
on the 2-4:th of June they discovered land which they 
named Prima Yista. This is supposed to be the island 
of Newfoundland. Soon after they discovered another 
island which they named the St. John. Continuing their 
course westwardly they soon reached the continent, then 
sailed northwardly to the latitude of 67 degrees, and find- 
ing that the coast stretched towards the East, with a desire 
to find a passage to India, they turned and sailed south- 
erly till they reached the coast of Florida. They then 
sailed for England. 

From that time the interest in these northern shores 
began to heighten. Ships multiplied whose prows were 
turned in a westerly direction. Trade also with the natives 
excited the cupidity of many. The desire of finding a 
passage to the East Indies was uppermost in the minds of 
Government, merchants and adventurers. The unequalled 
bays, splendid harbors and magnificent rivers, were the 
theme of remark ; and while some came here for the pur- 
pose of gain, many also navigated these waters for the 

Note. — This history as far down as the year 1808, was written 
prior to the year 1883 ; and the residences and their occupants in 
Newcastle are i^iven as they had been up to that time. Since then 
there have been some changes in this respect. 



GENERAL HISTORY. XIU 

sake of discovery and adding to the Crown a province or a 
state. The voyages patronized by kings and distinguished 
men were put upon record ; but tliose of fishermen, trades- 
men and others never came under the notice of those who 
wielded the pen and of course do not appear upon the 
pages of history. 

In 1583 Sir Humphrey Gilbert, under Queen Elizabeth, 
sailed from England with two ships and three barks, carry- 
ing 260 men.'"' He came in sight of land in 51 deg. North 
latitude, but steering in a southerly direction, he arrived 
soon after at St. Johns, Newf(nmdland. Here he found no 
less than tliirty-six vessels of various nations ; but compel- 
ling submission he took possession of the harbor and 200 
leagues in every direction in the name of the British 
Crown. Eleven years after, 1594, Capt. Silvester Wyatt,t 
in a bark of thirty tons, went up the St. Lawrence river as 
far as the Isle of Assumption where he found European 
fishermen to the number of sixty sail, of which only eight 
were Spaniards. At Farrillon he found twenty sail of 
Englishmen, and having loaded his ship, he returned to 
England. 

Bartholomew Gosnald, 1602, eight years after this, in 
seven weeks passage, discovered the American coast, and 
soon after a Spanish shallop, having sails and oars and 
manned by eight Indians, came on board with whom they 
had friendly intercourse. These natives first hailed them 
in English, and after a long speech made by one of the 
Indians, they went on board. One of them who seemed 
to be the chief, w^ore a waistcoat, "breeches," cloth stock- 
ings, shoes and a hat. Two others of them had a few 
things of European fabric. With a piece of chalk they 
described the coast thereabouts, and coukl name Placentia 
of NeAvfouudland. They also spoke many English words. 



* Holmes' Annals, Vol. I, p. 113. 
fldem, p. 134. 



XIV GENERAL HlSTOBY. 

Tliej evidently had been acquainted with Europeans for a 
time, and their boat and other foreign articles probably 
belonged to some shipwrecked vessel, 

Martin Pring was among the islands of the Penobscot 
Bay in 1G03 ; and ranging the coast from the 43d deg. of 
latitude passed Saco, Keunebunk, York and Piscataqua 
river, and came to the bay of Massachusetts. Going into 
a large Sound, they coasted on the North side of it, where 
the}' found a good harbor and came to anchor. Here they 
loaded with sassafras and on the 9th of August sailed for 
England. 

At this period of time, two hundred ships were annually 
engaged in the Newfoundland fishery and employed at 
least 10,000 men.* 

Sieur De Monts in 1604, arrived at St. Croix river 
where the party with him spent the winter ; and the next 
summer they ranged along the coast, visited the Kennebec, 
erected a cross, and took possession of it in the name of 
their king.t After visiting Casco Bay and Saco river, 
they proceeded as far South as Cape Cod and then returned 
home. 

Capt. George Weymouth in 1605, about the time Pring 
was at the Kennebeck, came to anchor on the North side 
of the Island of Monhegan. This was the 17th of May. 
And the next day he found a harbor to the North, "among 
the islands" and in range "with the mountains" which he 
named Pentecost Harbor, and there he came to anchor. 
He also discovered St. George's river, visited Pemaquid, 
perhaps Avent farther West in the shallop which he made, 
and then, with five Indians, surreptitiously taken, returned 
to England. 

The Popham Colony landed at the mouth of the Kenne- 
beck in 1607 ; but this proved a failure, for the next year. 



* Holmes' Annals, Vol. I, p. 147. 
t Williamson, Vol. I, p. 191. 



GENEKAL HISTORY. XV 

they iill returned to England. At this time, however, 
according to Hubbard, the Enghsh were possessed of St. 
Croix, Mount Mansel, probably the island now called Mount 
Desert, Penobscot and Port Ptoyall. Previous to 1609, 
says Purchas, one Savelet, an old mariner, made no less 
than forty-two voyages to these parts. 

Captain John Smith in the year 1614 explored the coast 
from East to West, from Penobscot Bay to Cape Cod, trad- 
ing with the Indians for beavers and other furs, and making 
observations on the rivers, shores, promontories and islands. 
These he committed to paper. He afterwards formed a 
map of the coast and compiled a short history of the country, 
to which Prince Charles prefixed the name of New England. 
It had previously borne the name of "Virginia," "Northerne 
Virginia." This name it has retained ever since, and the 
Plymouth Colony in 1620, adopted it. To Pemaquid he 
gave the name of "John's Town" and to Monhegan "Battles 
Isles." At the mainland opposite Monhegan, Captain 
Smith found a ship of Sir Francis Popham which had for 
many years past visited that place for fisheries and for 
trade. 

Captain Smith had instructions to found a Colonial set- 
tlement, or at least to keep possession. He arrived at 
Monhegan the last of April, and immediately entered upon 
his business at the mouth of the Sagadahock and upon the 
neighboring lands and waters. 

Other voyagers came to these parts and Pemaquid now 
began to assume all the importance of a place of trade, of 
settlement, and a way station where the mariner might unlade 
his cargo, refit his vessel, and with a return freight, go home 
to his owners and patrons, to gladden their hearts with the 
profits they had made, and with the accounts that he related 
of the people that were strange and the world that was new. 

The real settlement of this coast undoubtedly dates an- 
terior to that of Plymouth, though it was by a difi'erent 
class of people. That Colony Avas composed of men of 



Xvi GENE1{.VL HISTOIIV. 

letters, culture and piety ; driven from their homes in the 
old world for their principles and for conscience sake ; bat 
this was peopled l)j tradesmen, fishermen, seamen, agricul- 
turists and persons in quest of gain. Undoubtedly there 
were those among them who left their country for their 
country's good. 

In the Plymouth Colony there were persons of education 
who had been accustoujcd to the pen ; and coming in a 
body, they were careful to note down the day of their 
arrival, and the events as they passed. To this Coast they 
came more at random and as convenience and interest might 
require. And being in many respects a different class of 
persons, with the objects of gain and profit before them, they 
were less careful t(^ note events than they otherwise would 
have been. Discovery and gain were the first objects with 
these people ; and having obtained these, many of them 
returned to Europe to enjoy the good of their labor. Set- 
tlement became a subsequent motive and object to be 
pursued. Settlement, however, with the Plymouth colon- 
ists, was the first object before them ; gain came afterwards. 
They found here what was denied them there: 
"Freedom to worship God." 

Hence the sparseness of information respecting the events 
that occurred during the earlier years of the existence of 
the Province which afterwards became the State of Maine, 
Obscurity hangs over those 3'ears. Enough, however, has 
come to light, to show us that no part of the coast, from 
Newfoundland to Florida, ])ossessed more interest in the 
eyes of European nations, through a long sciies of years, 
than this which is watered on the East by t1-e Penobscot, 
and on the West by the Piscataqua rivers. 

A part of Eiocroft's crew, another voyager to these parts, 
pnssedthe winter of 1(518-19 at "Monhegan; and in May, 1(110. 
Derner who was master of a ship of 200 tons which was 
fitted out at the expense of Sir F. Gorges, learned from 
the resident inhabitjuits at Monhegan, that Eocroft had 



GENERAL HISTORY. XVli 

sailed for Virginia. Tliis island was a place of general 
resort, and Pemaquid near at hand Avas in a prosperous 
condition. SlieeiDscot grew up at its side. There were 
three places at this time on this part of the coast of Maine 
that had become settled, or rather were fast settling, and 
were rapidly gaining notoriet}-, prosperity, inhabitants and 
success. They were Pemaquid, Sheepscot and Arrowsick ; 
and to show the importance of the two former, in the year 
1622, the Plymouth Colon}-, being in want of provisions, 
sent to Monhegan and Pemaquid for a supply which was 
readily granted. And it has been said without any contra- 
diction, that the farm products that were sent to Plymouth 
at this time, came mostly from Sheepscot. 

June 2, 1621, Mr. John Pierce,* a citizen of London, 
obtained a Patent from the Council of Plymouth to come 
and settle in New England. He came and settled at Broad 
Bay and there his posterity continued more than a hundred 
years. This was the most ancient grant thereabouts ; and 
it is said Mr. Pierce's house was not burnt in the time of 
the general massacre, because he was friendly to the 
Indians. 



* Samuel Well's certificate made in 1780. 



CHAPTER I. 



EAELY PEMAQUID. 

About four miles to the Northeast of Pemaquid Light 
House, there is a beautiful sheet of water which makes in 
from the ocean, and is perfectly safe for vessels of small 
size from all winds, except those which come from a south- 
easterly direction. This body of water was called by the 
early inhabitants, New Harbor. It now retains that name. 
Sometime previous to the year 1625, an Englishman by 
the name of John Brown, came and settled there. He, 
with his family, continued to reside there till the breaking 
out of the first Indian war in 1675, when they were driven 
off; and Avith the rest of the inhabitants, sustained the 
loss of dwellings, cattle, sheep, hogs, and whatever other 
personal property they had been able to accumulate. 
John Brown Hved the rest of his years with his son John, 
in Boston, and died there ;* but his wife, marrying again, 
returned to New Harbor, where she built a house, and 
hved several years, after Indian hostihties had ceased. t 

In the year 1625, Brown bought of Captain John Som- 
erset and Unongoit, Indian Sagamores, the following ex- 
tensive and fertile tract of country, as by deed described : 
"Beginning at Pemaquid Falls, and running a direct course 
to New Harbor ; from thence to the South end of Muscon- 
gus Island, taking in the island, and so running twenty-five 

* Benjamin Prescott, Deposition. 
t Ruth Barnaby, Deposition. 



2 EARLY TEMAQUID. 

miles into the country North and by East ; and thence 
eiji;ht miles North and by West ; and thence turning and 
running South and by West to Pemaquid, where first 
begun." 

This deed was dated July 15, 1(525, onl}- five years after 
the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth ; and it was ac- 
knowledged, as appears on the back of it, by Somerset 
and Unongoit, July 24, 162(), before Abraham Shurt, 
Justice of the Peace, at Penia(|uid. It likewise has this 
further indorsement, made nearly one hundred jears after. 
"Charleston, Dec. 26, 1720. Peceived, and at the request 
and instance of James Stilson and his sister, Margaret 
Hilton ; they being the claimcrs and heirs of said lands, 
accordingly entered by Samuel Phipps, one of the Clerks 
of the Committee of Eastern lands." And an attested 
copy of it was recorded in York County Registry, Aug. 3, 
1789 ; and in authenticity' of this deed, is the deposition 
of Simon Frost of Kitterj-, in this District, formerly Dep- 
uty Secretary of the Province under Josiah Willard, Esq., 
in which he testified that when he was in the ofiice, he 
drew from one of the books in the office, called the Book 
of Records, the aforementioned deed, which was then 
fairW recorded, and of which the deed aforesaid was a 
true copy ; and that when the Court Plouse in Boston was 
burnt, about 1748, he had reason to believe that the Book 
of Records was consumed by fire ; for he had searched for 
it, but could never find it afterwards. 

And in accordance with this, is the testimony of John 
Pearce of Marl)]ehead, taken at Essex, Nov. 20, 1764, 
Mheu he was past 70 years of age, in which he says, that 
about fifty years before, he was well acquainted in the 
Eastern parts of the Province, his father, Richard Pearce, 
having lived at a place called Muscongus. He says he 
knew the Gould family, was well acquainted with John 
Brown, son of old John Brown of New Harbor who owned 
a large tract of land there, as he understood, by deed 



EARLY PEMAQUID. 3 

from the Indians, wliicli deed Pearce himself had seen. 
And he goes on to state : "I never heard any person what- 
ever claim any of said land but Brown whose title, in that 
day, was always esteemed good ; and when the wars with 
the Indians broke out, I took a vessel and thirty men, and 
brought my father's family away from thence. I always 
understood that the Indian deed aforementioned, con- 
veyed all the lands at New Harbor and Broad Bay, that 
Gould and Brown claimed ; and about forty j^ears ago, I 
assisted at the survey of those lands, the lines being run 
according to the deed given by the Sagamores to Brown, 
and I remember that the tract was twenty-five miles long, 
but its breadth I have forgotten." 

In opposition to these statements, is the testimonj- of 
John Brown, son of the grantee, who says that his father 
had a lease of his plantation from Elbridge and Aldsworth ; 
and also of Benjamin Prescott, taken at Salem, Jan. 28, 
1765, in which he declares that he had never, till very 
lately, heard of the claim of Margaret Hilton and knew of 
no f<nindation for it. Here was the origin of years of 
perplexit}', months of toil, lawsuits, strifes and quarrels 
which lasted nearly two centuries afterwards. 

John Brown had one son and two daughters. His son, 
named John, lived, according to his own testimony, with 
his father till he was about thirty years of age ; and then 
it appears, that he went and built on the point of land 
next S<jutherly from Damariscotta Bridge, and not far from 
Metcalf & Norris' shipyard. According to the Deposition 
of John Pearce of Manchester, he lived on the Eastern 
side of the Damariscotta river, near the Salt Water Falls, 
and there possessed a large tract of land tending down- 
ward from thence toward Peraaquid, to the smelt brook, it 
being about two miles ; and so back to Pemaquid Fresh 
River. He also says he mowed two meadows adjoining, 
for him. These boundaries are easily traced ; but how far 
North his dominions extended, we are not informed ; but 



•i EARLY PEMAQUID. 

it is probable that they reached to Eobert Scott's line, who 
lived directly across the river from the Oyster Banks, and 
about a mile to the North of Brown. 

One of Brown's daughters, Margaret, married Sander or 
Alexander Gould who Hved at Broad Cove, in Bremen ; 
probably at the upper end of it, where is a very good mill 
privilege, and where mills were afterwards built. 

On the eighth of August, 1660, John Brown executed 
the following deed in favor of Sander and Margaret Gould. 
"To all people to whom this deed may come. Know ye 
that I, John Brown of New Harbor, have given to Sander 
Gould and Margaret, his now lawful Avife, and to the heirs 
of her body, a certain tract or parcell of land, lying in the 
Broad Bay, beginning at a pine tree marked in the west- 
ernmost part of the Bay ; from thence North, Northeast 
by Muscongus Kiver eight miles ; from thence eight miles 
Northwest and by West ; from thence South, Southwest 
eight miles ; from thence South and by East eight miles, 
to the tree w^here first began." This tract "lyeth four- 
square," and was a fine little farm truly ! What would the 
original claimants say if they could come back and see 
their little farm cut up into small patches, the immense 
forests cleared away, dotted thickly with dwellings and 
filled with families ! They might learn, at least, that "a 
man's life consisteth not in the abundance which he pos- 
sesseth." 

Richard Pierce or Pearce married the other daugliter of 
Brown, and hved at Muscongus. Thus, this fine tract of 
country which Brown bought of the Sagamores, whose 
boundaries were somewhat elastic and tended to enlarge- 
ment, was divided amongst his family, in the following 
manner. Brown himself kept and improved the Southern 
portion ; Kicliard Pierce took a parcel more central, and 
directly North of his, making Muscongus his home ; his 
son, John, took a portion directly West of Pierce and 
lying between Biscay Bay and Damariscotta river ; while 



EARLY PEMAQUID. 5 

Margaret had the "eight mile square" tract, directly North 
of the whole. This was probably intended to comprise 
the whole of the original grant. It embraced what is now 
Bristol, Bremen, Damariscotta, Nobleboro, and parts of 
Newcastle, Jefferson and AValdoboro. All this fine tract 
of country was houghtfor "fift}^ skins" — beaver skins. 

Sander Gould had three daughters, Margaret, Mary and 
Elizabeth. William Stilson married Margaret and resided 
on the premises till killed by the Indians.'^'" Their children, 
James and Margaret, survived ; and in the next centur}- 
laid claim to these lands. Margaret married William Hil- 
ton who was shot by the Indians and afterwards died of 
his wounds. John Brown, senior, was the great-grand- 
father of Margaret, his wife ; and he was the ancestor of 
all the Hiltons that have resided in Bremen and vicinity 
since. 

The "pine tree" mentioned in the deed given by Brown 
to Gould, as marked on four sides, was standing in 1763, 
when James Noble of Boston, and William Vaughn, 
claimants under the Brown right, through the Gould fam- 
ily, caused the "eight mile tract" to "be run out." Jonas 
Jones'^ of Georgetown, surveyor, in his deposition before 
William Lithgow and John Stinson, Commissioners, taken 
June 5, 1765, testifies that he was acquainted at Broad Bay 
and knew William Hilton, who lived there, and heard him 
say, that he Avas one of the heirs of the "eight mile tract" 
and improved a portion of it, and in 1760, he was em- 
ployed by James Noble to "run out" this tract, a part of 
which included Hilton's improvements ; and the survey 
was by the order of the other heirs with Noble. The 
courses were run, as by deed given from Brown to Sander 
Gould in 1660. The survey included the sawmill built by 
Capt. Cooke on the Eastern side of Damariscotta Fresh 
Pond. William Hilton had lived there many years, and 

* John Pearce's testimony. 



6 EAELY PEMAQUID. 

luid made good improvement ; and his widow said lie was 
wounded by the Indians and afterwards died ; and the son 
stated that a brother of his was killed, at the same time, 
on the premises, 

David Terry"' who M'as one of the chainmen in this sur- 
vey, testified that they set out from a point near Arthur 
Noble's, Esq., not far from the falls and where the saw- 
mills then stood, and run towards Broad Cove, and com- 
pleted the survey of the eight mile tract. The pine tree 
was made one of the corners. 

As stated above, John Brown, the Englishman who took 
the deed from the Indians of the twenty-five mile tract, 
died about the time of the first Indian war ; but his wife, ■ 
marrying again, after these troubles were ended, j'eturned 
and dwelt at New Harbor. Her son John appe.irs to have 
come back also ; but on the breaking out of King Wil- 
liam's war in 1688, savage violence was raised to such a 
pitch that it could not be resisted. It rushed upon the 
English settlements like a tornado. Houses were burned ; 
fields laid waste ; inhabitants murdered ; and the remnant 
that survived, were obliged to flee at the peril of their 
lives, to other parts for protection and food. Many of 
them never returned. The land lay desolate for thirty 
years. 

John Brown, the son, who had formerly lived near Dam- 
ariscotta Lower Falls, fled with the rest, and went to 
Eramingham, where, it would seem, he spent the remainder 
of his days. And in his old age, Dec. 10, 1720, he caused 
to be executed "to my dutiful, well-beloved and only son 
John Brown of Saco" and his heirs a deed conveying "all 
my rights, title, interest, property, claim and demand what- 
soever, in and unto all these my lands, lying and being sit- 
uated in New Harbor, Damariscotta and Sheepscot, either 
in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, in New England 

* Commissioners' Report, 1811. 



THE PLYMOUTH COUNCIL. 7 

or Annapolis Royall, To have and to hold the said par- 
cels of land, howsoever bounded or reputed to be bounded, 
in a good, sure and perfect estate of inheritance forever." 
The deed was properly witnessed and executed, his wife 
Elizabeth "consenting thereunto, in the year 1720 and in 
the seventh year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord 
George of Great Britain and King." 

These transactions were of vital importance, and had a 
bearing upon the destinies of families and communities for 
a long series of years afterwards. We design to trace this 
matter only incidentally, and as it unfolds and elucidates 
the subject before us ; and indeed the histor}^ of this sec- 
tion of the country cannot be written without an under- 
standing of these Land Titles, Deeds, Claims, Claimants 
and their proceedings. 



CHAPTEE IL 



THE PLYMOUTH COUNCIL; ALDSWOETH AND 
ELBEIDGE. 

On the 20th of Februar}^ 1031, six years after the date 
of Brown's deed from Unongoit and Somerset, the follow- 
ing transaction took place in England. A Patent or rather 
Indenture, between the President and Council of New 
England on the one hand, and Eobert Aldsworth and Giles 
Elbridge of Bristol, England, on the other, was solemnly 
executed, by Avhich it was arranged, that these two gentle- 
men should undertake and transport "divers persons" into 
New England, and there to erect and build a town and 
settle inhabitants. The said President and Council granted 



8 THE PLYMOUTH COUNCIL, 

and assigned unto the said Aldsworth and Elbiidge, tlieir 
lieirs and assigns forever, one hundred acres of land for 
every person by them transported, within the space of 
seven years next ensuing, "that shall abide and continue 
there three 3'ears" after they are transported. And the 
said Aldsworth and Elbridge were to have 12,000 acres of 
land "over and above such settlers' lots," to be taken and 
laid out near the Pemaquid river, and next adjoining the 
place where the people and servants of these two Agents 
are now settled, or have inhabited for the three years that 
are last past, "to be taken together along the sea coast, as 
the coast lieth, and so up the river as far as may contain 
the 12,000 acres, with all the islands and islets within the 
limits next adjoining the said land, three leagues into the 
ocean." And it was furthei- agreed "that upon lawful in- 
formation given of the bounds, metes and quantity of land 
so chosen and possessed, the President and Council upon 
surrender of this present gTant and upon reasonable 
request by Aldsworth and Elhridge, their heirs and assigns, 
within seven years now next ensuing, shall and will by 
deeds indented, grant, enfeoff and confirm, all and every 
of the said lands set out and bounded as aforesaid to the 
said Robert Aldsworth and Giles Elbridge." And it was 
further covenanted that these two men, their heirs and 
assigns, "shall not at any time hereafter, alien these prem- 
ises or any part thereof, to any foreign nation, or to any 
person or persons whatsoever, witliout,the license, consent 
and agreement of the President and Council, and their 
successors and assigns, except it be to their own tenants 
or undertakers, belonging to the town by them erected, 
upon pain of forfeiture of said lands so aliened, to the 
use of the said President and Council again." 

The same Indenture also constituted Capt. Walter 
Neale and Hichard Vines the attorneys of this President 
and his Council, to enter the premises and deliver posses- 
sion thereof ; and there appears the following memoran- 



THE PLYMOUTH COUNCIL. V 

clum endorsed thereon. "The possession of all the lands 
contained in this patent, was delivered by me, Walter 
Neale, to Abraham Sliurt, to the use of Kobert Aldsworth 
and Giles Elbridge, merchants of the City of Bristol this 
27th of May, 1633. Walter Neale." 

The Patent appears to have been duly recorded in the 
York Registry, April 2, 1737. It also appeared by the 
deposition of Abraham Shurt, not signed, but taken and 
sworn to before Richard Russell, Magistrate, Dec. 25, 
1662, that in 1629, two years before the Patent was dated, 
Walter Neale gave him possession of the lands under that 
Patent ; and that he bounded the 12,000 acres therein, 
"from the head of Damariscotta to the head of the river 
Muscongus, and between it, to the sea." And that some 
years afterwards, Elbridge to whom the Patent belonged, 
"coming to Pemaquid, held a court there, to which the 
inhabitants repaired, and continued their fishing, by pay- 
ing a certain acknowledgement." 

Now, it is to be particularly noticed, that this patent 
covered precisely the same ground — the islands of the sea 
only excepted — that John Brown had purchased of the 
Indians, six years before ; and, by some means or other, 
was made to swell its boundaries to the West, so as to 
include Neivcastle as far as Cavessix, Mill river. In other 
directions, it spread itself, so that it contained not only 
twelve, but some seventy or eighty thousand acres. It 
covered other deeds and other grants ; so, that deed 
embraced deed, grant lapped over on to grant, and lines, 
metes and boundaries cut and crossed each other in many 
directions. 

Hence the origin and nature of the contests which were 
waged among the descendants, respecting claims, and 
which were not settled till near two hundred years after- 
wards. 

And we, at this late day, looking back on the transac- 
tions, may with propriety ask, Whose was the right of sale '? 



10 THE TLYMOUTH COUNCIL. 

the lucliau who was born and bred on the soil and whose 
fathers had inherited it from time immemorial, no man 
forbidding him, and no one questioning- his right, or a com- 
pany of gentlemen belonging to a foreign nation, three 
thousand miles off, and speaking a different language, 
neither whose ancestors nor themselves had ever taken a 
title deed or tendered a single dohar for it, perhaps never 
had seen it? Who, I ask again, had the best right of 
sale, the Indian or the Englishman ? And wdiose title, in 
the nature of things, is the clearest? Brown, who bought 
of the Sagamores, or Aldsworth and Elbridge who came 
with a patent from Old Plymouth, England ? Let not the 
law of nations and of convenience, nor the love of gain, 
answer ; but let truth and right decide the question. 

It does not appear that these gentlemen, Aldsworth and 
Elbridge, ever introduced any settlers as occupants of this 
soil, or built a town. And Aldsworth, dying not long after 
the patent was issued, and leaving no children, the patent 
fell into the hands and was held by Elbridge. In process 
of time he died. His eldest son, John, according to the 
law of primogeniture, became the sole heir of this 
immense estate. He, dying without issue, devised it by 
wall to his brother Thomas. 

In Feb. 1st, 1651, Thomas conveyed one-half of the 
whole patent to Paul White; and in April, 1653, Paul 
White conveyed this moiety to Richard Russel and Nicholas 
Davidson, and in July, 1657, Russel sold his quarter to 
Davidson; and on the 3rd of September, 1657, Thomas 
Elbridge conveyed his other half of the patent to Nicholas 
Davidson, so that Davidson became the owner of the 
entire estate.* 

Davidson's home was in Charlesto-\vn, Mass, w^here he 
had a wife and two children, one son and one daughter. 
He himself followed the sea for a living ; and being bound 

* Comioissioners' Report, 1811. 



THE PLYMOUTH COUNCIL. 11 

on a vo3'age to the island of Barbacloes, and "from thence 
to England, Ireland, or to any other port or place, or 
hither to New England again," and knowing not what dis- 
posal a wise Providence might make of him in "those voy- 
ages and undertakings," on the 26th of March, 1655, he 
devised and executed the following will. "After my debts 
are paid out of 2ny estate, the remainder I bequeath as 
followeth : — One-third part to my loving wife Joan David- 
son ; one-third part to my son, Daniel Davidson ; and one- 
third part to my daughter, Sarah Davidson." The ship 
he sailed in was called the "Trader's Increase," Chris- 
topher Clark, Master. In his will, he styles himself, Mar- 
iner. Whether he ever returned from this voyage, does 
not appear ; but he had a daughter, Catharine, born after 
this voyage was commenced, who, at a proper age, married 
Shem Drowne, a tin plate worker in Boston. This man, 
in behalf of the other heirs of Davidson, in 1735, more 
than a hundred years after the Pemaquid Patent was 
issued, laid claim to all the lands embraced in that Patent. 
He came into the country ; caused surveys to be made ; 
and performed other necessary business ; but it was 
proved that instead of confining himself to 12,000 acres, as 
stated* in the Patent, he actually surveyed, and attempted 
to hold 70,000 or 80,000 acres. He included all that 
Aids worth and Elbridge had appropriated to themselves, 
under it. 

The power of Attorney was given to Drowne, by the 
rest of the claimants, Sept. 3, 1735 ; being the ninth 3-ear 
of the reign of the Second George. In 1736 or 1737, he 
came to Pemaquid, with Alexander Erskine, and was 
introduced to the settlers and began to make surveys. He 
brought a quantity of stores with him which Erskine had 
the care of. Drowne^'' took lodgings at the fort ; and being 
accompanied by Erskine, visited, by boat, the inhabitants 

* Alexander Erskine's testimony. 



1*2 THE PLYMOUTH COUNCIL. 

there. He also einployod John Noitl], Lieutenant Patrick 
Rogers, George Caldwell, Robert Paul, Nathaniel Bull, 
Jun., John Forbush, to whom he allowed, as wages, thirty 
shillings a day, old tenor. They went from Medomak 
Falls round Pemaquid Point, and up the Damariscotta 
river, near the Falls, and settled eight or nine families, 
some of which were new comers there. He allowed the 
families farms of one hundred acres each ; and accom- 
modated the old inhabitants with improved lands, as far 
as they held out. He also gave other lands to all the 
inhabitants that he found there settled, under Col. Dunbar, 
that chose to tarry. These farms soon became of consid- 
erable value. 

Drowne, at that time, was offered one thousand pounds, 
old tenor,* for a piece of land adjoining Pemaquid Falls, 
but he refused, telling the person who offered' it, that the 
fishery there, should be free for all the inhabitants ; thus 
effectually checking this man's grasping desire to appro- 
priate this source of wealth wholly- to himself. 

The people generally were satisfied with Drowne's right 
and proceedings. At the same time, Drowne Avho desired 
a home there, employed George Caldwell, John Forbush, 
Nathaniel Bull and John North, to build him a lioiise on 
Muscongus Island. Drowne himself superintended the 
erection of it. 

Patrick Rogers who had been a resident at Pemaquid 
about 66 years, and who, for a long time, was Lieutenant 
at the fort there, in 1773, testified to particulars of impor- 
tance there, locating families and giving information that 
would otherwise be lost. He says he knew a man by 
the name of James Bailey who lived at the Southwest 
part of Round Pond, whose house was near the sea, in 
the field which he enclosed, and that he continued there 
eight or nine years. Capt. Thomas Henderson lived on 



* Alexander Erskine's deposition. 



THE PLYMOUTH COUNCIL. 13 

ti point of land to the South of Bailej-'s house, and ou 
the Northerly side of small brook, then, 1773, improved by 
John Randall ; and, about the beginning of the Spanish 
war, 1715, Bailey moved his family from Round Pond to 
the Westward, but returned again about the year 1766, 
and built his house in his former field — the first having 
been destroyed — near where he formerly dwelt. Simeon 
Elliot came to Round Pond and settled about the year 
1755, and James Yates in 1742. Yates continued to live 
there, except three or four years that he was absent, at the 
seige of Louisburg, and was never disturbed in his posses- 
sion, except in the year 1768, when one Thomas Bodkin 
brought an action of ejectment against him for his land. 

In 1773 there Avere many inhabitants settled near Pema- 
■quid and al)out the year 1735, these settlers took deeds 
under the "Pemaquid Company," to the number of forty 
families, and they "hold their lands to tliis day by their 
Patent right." 

James Yates purchased his land of Capt. Arthur Sav- 
age, consisting of about 300 acres ; and Erskine and Alex- 
ander Nickels were selected to set a price upon it. John. 
North was surveyor under Drowne, and made the survey 
of the entire Claim of the Pemaquid Proprietors about 
the year 1736. Some years before this survey, many of 
the inhabitants met Drowne at Pemaquid, when the 
Patent was read, which satisfied the people that their title 
was good. Dunbar, who had come into the country about 
17'29, signified, on his removal, that the lands there were 
private property, and that the king had set him aside for 
that reason. The inhabitants, therefore, to the number of 
forty or fifty families, took their lots of land under Drowne, 
as Agent for the Proprietors. 

Rogers purchased two lots of land of settlers who held 
under Drowne ; and many of the settlers, together with 
himself, took leases of him for the Fresh Meado\A's. And 
none of the inhabitants who extended from Pemaquid to 



14 WARS AOT) TKOUBXEK, 

Muscongus, that claimed under him, were ever disturbed 
in their possessions, till the year 1768, when one Thomas 
Bodkin sued many of the settlers upon their titles. 
James Morton, William Burns and many others- to the 
North of Muscongus, took deeds and held their lands, 
under the Pemaquid Proprietors. 

Dro^'ne made three gi'and di\'isions of the immense 
estate which he marked on his plan A, B and C. These 
severally were subdivided into "house lots" and "out lots." 

In 1743, a warrant was issued for calling a meeting of 
the proprietors. On the 31st of August following, they 
met at Orange Tree Tavern, Boston. And at an adjourned 
meeting held Monday, the fifth day of December of the 
same year, "they began to draw by lot, according to their 
several interests in the first division of ninety lots, con- 
taining one hundred acres more or less, and marked letter 
A, in tlie plan. On the 3rd of January, 1744, they pro- 
ceeded to draw the second division, by lot, marked B, on 
the plan, "in two parts, a house lot near the fork, and a 
small out lot of the same number," And at the next 
adjournment, March 6th, 1744, they proceeded to a third 
division of the lands marked C, "containing more or less 
named and numbered, extending to the head line of the 
plan, which is from the head of Muscongus to the head of 
the Damariscotta river." 



CHAPTEE III. 

WARS AND TROUBLES. 

Prosperity attended this settlement till 1675 when it was 
destined to fall before the flames which savage fury had 
kindled. Woolwich had fallen — Sheepscot had been burnt 
— the inhabitants were fugitives at Cape Newaggon and 



^?AllS AND TROUBLES. 15 

elsewhere— Georgetown had been hiid waste — blood flowed 
like water and Peraaquid must sink before the mighty 
earthquake and terrible blast. 

Fifteen leagues of seacoast, Eastward of Casco Neck, 
were^oven'un— 'two hundred and sixty were known to have 
been killed or carried into captivity— many were missing 
whose deaths were unnoticed— otliRrs were wounded who 
survived— possessions were laid waste-^domestic animals 
killed, chimneys, cellars and burnt vestiges showed where 
dwellings had stood and happiness had been enjoyed ; but 
now all was deserted and in full possession of the savage 
foe! 

Storms do not continue always — fires will finally burn 
■out ; and so human wrath and violence will at last have 
spent its force. The war comes to an end and peace^ 
welcome peace— is proclaimed. Many of the inhabitants 
return to their homes, and joy, prosperity and happiness 
•are substituted for mourning, desolation and woe. But 
their quiet is of short duration. Ten years of peace, and 
the sword is again unsheathed and the tomahawk once 
more uplifted. King William's war is declared and fear 
and trembling, like successive waves, roll in on everj^ side. 
The work of butcherj' commences and Maine becomes a 
field of blood. Sheepscot is destroyed and Pemaquid is 
the next object of vengeance. 

Fort Charles was on the spot where Fort Frederick had 
stood. The County was called Cornwall and the sur- 
rounding town Jamestown. Thomas Gyles, a man of emi- 
nence, worth and piet}*, and a large landholder at Merry- 
meeting Bay, had settled there. His residence was about 
one-fourth of a mile from the Fort ; and, being commis- 
sioned by Gov. Dongan, Chief Justice of the place, he did 
much to enforce law and correct the bad morals of the 
people. His family consisted of himself, wife and seven 
or eight children. Besides the homestead, he owned a 
farm about three miles from the fort and near Pemaquid 
PaUs, 



16 WARS AND TEOUBLES. 

Aug. 2, 1689. The Garrison Avas under the command of 
Capt. Weems who had with him only fifteen men and was 
poorl}^ able to repel an assault. The Indians numbered 
about one hundred ; and, meeting with a man by the name 
of Starkie, who was passing from it to New Harbor,:.they 
seized him, threatened him, but promised him his life if he 
would tell them what he knew about the fort. To save his 
own life he told them, with too much truth, that Mr. Gyles 
and fourteen men had gone to his fanu at the Falls, and 
that the people were scattered about the Fort, and but few 
in it who could fight. 

The Indians then divided into two parties. One made 
an assault upon the Fort and soon compelled a surrender. 
The terms of capitulation Avere, life, liberty and safety ; 
but these were violated.* Some the savages butchered 
and others were made prisonei's. About the same time, 
Capt. Skinner and Capt. Farnliam, in attempting to come 
on shore from a neighboring island, were shot dead as 
they were stepping from the boat to the shore. Capt. Pat- 
tishall, wliose vessel Avas lying at the Barbican, was cap- 
tured and killed. 

The other party Avent in pursuit of Gyles and his men. 
The sound of guns at the Fort Avas to be the signal for the 
firing of the Indians upon Gyles and his men. 

One of the sons of Thomas Gyles was named John ; 
and from him we draw, as he was an eye witness of the 
scene. His account, written after a seven years' captivity, 
is truthful, gi-aphic, concise and clear. He says that his 
father Avent Avitli some of his laborers, his tAvo oldest sons 
and himself to one of his farms Avhich lay upon the river, 
about three miles from the Fort, in order to gather his 
English harvest. They labored diligently and without 
molestation till noon. After they had dined, the men 
went to their labor ; some in one field to their English 

* This account of Williamson Jififers from Gyles. 



WARS AND TROUBLES. 17 

bav, aud others to another field of EugHsh corn. Mr. 
Gyles, the younger of the two older brothers, and John 
Gyles, remained near the farm house in which they had 
dined. At about 1 P. M. they heard the report of several 
guns at the Fort which caused Mr. Gyles to say he hoped 
it was the signal of good news and that the Great Council 
had sent back the soldiers to defend the inhabitants ; for 
when they had heard of the Revolution in England they 
deserted. But to their surprise from 30 to 40 Indians, at 
that moment, discharged a volley of musketry upon them 
from a rising ground near the barn. 

"The yelling of the Indians," continues Gyles, "the 
whistling of their shot and the voice of ni}' father whom I 
heard cry, 'What now ! What now !' so terrified me 
(though he seemed to be handling a gun) that I endeav- 
ored to make my escape. My father ran one way and I 
another ; and looking over my shoulders, I saw a stout fel- 
low pursuing me, with a gun and cutlass glittering in his 
hand, which I expected every momemt in my brains. I 
soon fell down and the Indian seized me by the left hand. 
He offered me no abuse, but tied my hands, then lifted me 
up and pointed to the place where the people were at work 
about the hay, and led me that way. As we went, we 
crossed where my father was who looked very pale and 
bloody, and walked very slowly. When we came to the 
place, I saw two men shot down on the flats, crying out, 'O 
Lord !' There the Indians brought two captives, one a 
man and my brother James, who, with me, had endeavored 
to escape by running from the house when we were first 
attacked." This brother was about fourteen years of age. 
The oldest brother, whose name was Thomas, wonderfully 
escaped b}' land to the Barbican, a point on the West side 
of the river, opposite the fort, where several fishing vessels 
lay. He got on board one of them and that night sailed 
from the harbor. 

The Indians, after doing what mischief they could, sat 



18 WARS AND TROUBLES. 

down, aud made their captives sit witli them. After some 
time they arose, and pointed to them to go forward. 
They marched about a quarter of a mile, and then made a 
halt. Here they brought Mr. Gyles. They made pro- 
posals to him by old Moxies, who told him that they were 
strange Indians who shot him, and that he was sorry for it. 
Moxies or Moxy was the chieftain of a tribe Avliose head- 
quarters were at Broad Cove. His "Sea-down" sit-down, 
as he used to call his wigwam and surroundings, was in 
the vicinity of the clam-shell deposit, on the point of land 
now owned b}- Mr. Benjamin Palmer of Bremen. But it 
was Eastern Indians that were engaged in this bloody 
work. 

To their proposals Mr. Gyles replied that he was a 
dying man, and wanted no favors of them ; but being a 
pious person, he on!}- craved the privilege of praying with 
his children. This being granted him, he recommended 
them to the blessing and protection of God Almighty ; 
then gave them the best advice he was capable of, and 
took his leave of them for this life, hoping to meet them 
in that better world where the tomahawk would not be 
uplifted nor parents shot down before the eyes of their 
weeping children. 

He parted with a cheerful voice, but looked very pale, 
by reason of his great loss of blood which now gushed out 
of his shoes. The Indians lead him aside ! tlie blows of a 
hatchet were heard! but there was neither shriek nor 
groan! Gyles says he afterwards heard that he had 
five or seven shot holes through his waistcoat or jacket, 
and that he was covered wdth some boughs. He was a 
good man and the malice of the Indians soon wafted his 
spirit to those regions of bliss of which Eevelation alone 
gives us the assurance. 

The Indians led their captives on the East side of the 
river, towards the fort ; and Mjien they had approached 
within a mile and a half of it, they could hear firing and 



WARS AND TROUBLES. 19 

see smoke ou all sides. There they made a short stop and 
then moved within the distance of three-fourths of a mile 
of the fort, into a thick swamp. There Gyles saw his 
mother and two little sisters, and mamy other captives mIio 
were taken from the town. "She asked me about my 
father," continues Gyles, "I told her he was killed, but 
could say no more for grief. She burst into tears, and the 
Indians moved me a little further off, and seized me with 
cords to a tree." 

The Indians had come to New Harbor and sent spies for 
several days to see hoAv and where the people were em- 
ployed. They found that the men were generally at work 
at noon, and left about their houses only women and 
children. Therefore they divided themselves into several 
parties, some ambushing the way between the fort and the 
houses, as likewise between them and the distant fields, 
and then, alarming the farthest point first, they killed and 
took the people at their pleasure and very few escaped. 

On the first stir about the fort, the j'oungest son of Mr. 
Gyles was at play near it, and running in, was, by God's 
goodness, thus preserved. Capt. Weems, the commander 
of the fort, with great bravery and courage, for two days 
defended it. It was not a place of much strength, and 
w^hen the commander was wounded and the best of his 
men killed, he beat for a parley which resulted in these 
conditions : — 

1. That the Indians should give him Mr. Pattishall's 
sloop which had been captured. 2. That they should not 
molest him in carrying off the few people that had got into 
the fort, and three captives that they had taken. 3. That 
the English should carry off in their hands w^hat they 
could from the fort. 

Thus fell the fortress. Savage ferocity triumphed ; wild 
brutality enacted a scene of sadness which long years could 
scarcely efface ; demons, in human form, spread desolation 
and barrenness all around, and woe, like the pall of death, 
spread its thick mantle over the entire region. 



20 ANCIENT EUINS AT PEMAQUID. 

The fort surrendered, and the Indians entering it, Capt. 
Weems and his Httle band sailed away. Soon after the 
rising flames and tall pillars of smoke convinced the suf- 
ferers that their cattle and effects were destroyed and their 
many habitations, late the scene of thrift and joy, like a 
forgotten dream, had passed forever away. 

After the Indians had laid waste Pemaquid they moved 
to New Harbor. Before the war there were here 12 
houses. These the inhabitants deserted as soon as it 
became unsafe to live in them. 

Tlie little band of sorrowing captives are taken to the 
Penobscot. Mrs. Gyles and her two little daughters, after 
a long captivity, are redeemed. John is also redeemed at 
the end of seven years, but the brother, who was captured 
w4th him, was cruelly put to death by these wild men of 
the forest. 



I 



CHAPTEE IV. 



ANCIENT EUINS AT PEMAQUID. 

On the Western bank of Pemaquid river, and North- 
easterly from the fort, is a wide point of land that juts out 
to the Eastward and forms a beautiful bend in the river. 
It is a part of the farm owned by Mr. Nathan Lewis, who 
moved on to it from Boothbay in the year 1872. Previous 
to this, the farm was owned by Mr. Joseph Young, who 
resided there many years, and he sold it to Mr. Lewis. 
This point of land lies beavitifully down to the water, 
where is a landing place capable of being approached at 
all seasons of the year. About eight or ten rods fi'om the 



ANCIENT EUINS AT PEMAQUID. 21 

shore, at the falhng ofl' of the table-land above, is an eleva- 
tion raised several feet by human hands, which is crowned 
by a mound of six or eight feet in hight and thirty feet in 
diameter. This mound is divided into three apartments ; 
the walls which separate them and the circular enclosing 
the whole being composed of stone, with an outer layer 
of earth and turf. The Western part of this mound was 
found by Mr. Young, many years ago, to contain a pit 
about the size of a well. On removing the stone that 
covered the mouth, the pit was discovered several feet 
deep, and all walled ujd and lined with stones in solid 
masonry. 

Around this mound was a walk, as if for a sentry, of 
eight or ten feet in width, the exterior or outer edge being 
of stone. This mound commands a complete view, both 
of the' river and falls above, and the fort, harbor and ocean 
below. The entire ground from that to the bank below, 
has been raised several feet by human hands, with gravel, 
sand and dirt, brought from a distance ; and the mound 
itself, though not designed for a garrison, was probably 
covered by a building which served the purpose of a look- 
out, a place of deposit, and, perhaps, means of defence. 
The internal structure and mode of formation looks more 
like a place for depositing merchandise, treasure, etc., than 
a place for armed men and munitions of Avar. Besides, 
all ancient testimony unites in saying that the fort was on 
the other side of the river, and on the point below. 
Though, when valuables were deposited there, means were 
taken to defend them. To the Southwest of this mound, 
about a dozen rods, was the blacksmith shop, as is 
evidenced by the coal, cinders, slag and bits of iron 
always connected with such an establishment. And from 
the interior of this mound to the shore, under the elevated 
ridge already spoken of, there was, in all probability, a 
subterranean passage which led from these apartments to 
tlie water. The ground around, and particularly toward 



22 ANCIENT RUINS AT PEMAQUID. 

the water, on cither side of this ridge, bears the marks of 
a kind of cultivation different from tliat now known or 
practised by any of the present generation or their imme- 
diate ancestry. 

Easterly from this mound, and hard by the bank of the 
river, are seen the sites of three buildings which stood 
side by side, each of which was about twent}' or twenty- 
five feet by thirt}^ in size. The cellar walls were well laid 
up in stone, and that one which was nearest the river had 
a stone Hoor ; and proper excavations might show that 
they all had stone floors. All these cellars were probably 
once connected with an under avenue, leading to the shore. 
The stones of the floor were flat, of a bluish slate, nicely 
fitted together, and worn smooth, as if done by the feet of 
men. A part of these stones have been removed to 
answer the necessities of the present generation. The 
walls are now mostly standing ; and through the eastern- 
most one is a niche or aperture of about three feet square, 
that may have led to the shore below. Two of these 
cellars are entirel}- filled up, and the third one nearly so, 
with stones and dirt. Mr. Young used to empty into it 
the cartloads of small stones which he picked up upon his 
farm. Was not that utility and a wise econom}', when, by 
driving a feAv rods fai-ther, he might have emptied them 
into the river? But then he made a few feet of land, and 
cut a half hundred more of hay. And what was respect 
for the dead, and reverence for works of the past, in com- 
parison to the gain of a dollar and fifty cents ? 

To the Northeast of this mound, and up from the bank 
of the river where these foundations exist, is a low 
swamp}' place where were tan-pits, the sites of Avhich are 
easily ascertained, and the bottom planks of wdiich are 
plainly felt, by running a sharp stick down three or four 
feet. Many of the side plank of these pits have been 
taken up, b}' curiosity seekers, and carried away. But 
enough remain to show what kind of a people that was 



ANCIENT RUINS AT PEMAQUID. 23 

xvlio placed them there. Tan was found there, and also 
the ruins of a bark mill when the last settlers first moved 
on there. 

From this mound, in a Northerly direction., was a road 
which led on to the farm next North of this, and which is 
now owned by a brother of Mr. Lewis. This man and a 
neiglibor of his, some years ago, were ploughing on an 
elevated spot, when they struck upon the foundation of an 
ancient building whose superstructure had long since 
passed away. On examination they found it to be a solid 
stone work, forty feet square by measurement. The build- 
ing resting upon this foundation, was, in all probability, 
the meeting house, and the three buildings, before spoken 
of, Avere, imdoubtedly, store houses. The drain of these 
cellars is yet discernible. 

In parts of this entire territory, iire found broken pot- 
tery, pipes, sea coal, charcoal, bones, arrow heads, pieces 
of freestone. Dutch bricks, human bones, human teeth, 
pick-axes, keys, and all the marks of civilized and savage 
life. 

Cellars and other marks of civilized life, exist in almost 
any quantity, all this side of the river, as well as the other, 
from two or three miles below, to the falls above. There 
was a niimerous population here in former times. The 
ruins at the fort have often been remarked upon ; these 
have received less notice ; therefore they are the subject of 
record at the present time. 

These works belong to the people of whom we have 
been writing. The place was first settled about 1609 ; 
and the colony increased and flourished till King Phillip's 
war, 1675, when it was destroyed. At the close of that 
w^ar, the plaice was re-settled, and continued to flourish till 
King WilHam's war, when it suffered a second demolition 
and burning. The fort was taken, 1688, the buildings 
were burnt, the inhabitants slain, or driven away, or taken 
captive, and the place lay desolate for thirty years. 



24 ANCIEKT RUINS AT PEMAQUID. 

When the present inhabitants settled here, they found a 
dense forest where had been cultivated fields, cleared 
pastures and fruitful gardens. On leveling the forest, these 
works of the fathers appeared ; and though the marks of 
many of them have been erased, enough remain to show 
the glory, commercial importance and prosperity of 
Ancient Pemaquid. 

These works and this place were what, in all probabil- 
ity, was called the Barbican. This name was once applied 
to a locality in London. Gyles said it was on a point -on 
the Western side of the river. 

The ruins on the Eastern side of the river have been so 
often described by tourists and others that no notice is 
taken of them here. These include the fort, paved streets, 
etc. 

Sometime during those years when Ancient Pemaquid 
was in its glory, the people wished for more water power 
than was afforded them by the falls. In order to obtain 
this, they threw a substantial dam across the Pemaquid 
stream at the falls. This created a pond above. They then 
cut a canal from the pond, on the eastern side of the 
stream, and parallel with it, to the cove below. The dis- 
tance was about 600 yards. Below the dam, they then dug 
side canals or conduits from the main canal, to the stream 
below. There were about six of them. This created a 
water power of sufficient force to answer theu* purpose. 
Over these side canals Avere placed -their saw mills, their 
grist mill, fulling mill and other necessary machinery. 
The remains of this canal, though mostly filled up, are, to 
this day, visible. They planned and practised, precisely 
as do the men of this generation, in similar circumstances. 
The nearest water power, besides this, was .through the 
woods, four or five miles to the North. 

The fort at Pemaquid which had been demolished in 
August 1688, was rebuilt in 1792, by Governor Phipps, at 
great expense, on the site of the old one, and was named 




TInfiMap, Ifdr/i bi/A'T(ltoUs Mannintjlsitr^euor. 
for l/te sake of I'/s aniiquitu. 



ANCIENT SHEEPSCOT. 25 

Fort William Heniy. Capt. Chvibb, of Andover, Mass., 
with a company of men, was put in command of it ; but it 
was disgracefully surrendered to a combined force of 
French and Indians in 1696. The enemy continued ener- 
getic, wily and bold; and expeditions under Captains 
Church, Converse and March, were made into this Eastern 
country. Capt. March, in Sept. 9, 1696, made an excur- 
sion up the Damariscotta river ; and, in attempting to 
land, was surprised and fired upon by the Indians, and 
though he gallantly charged and repulsed them, had 12 or 
13 of his men killed, and as raau}' more wounded. This 
bloody affair finished these predatory proceedings in 
Maine for this vear. 



CHAPTER V 



ANCIENT SHEEPSCOT.- 

If you start from Wiscasset Bay and follow the course 
of the river upwards, about four miles' distance, you will 
come to a point of land which divides the river, and makes 
it to form two branches. The Eastern branch runs in a 
N. N. E. direction, nearly a mile, and then it forms a 
graceful bend or sweep, and having reversed its course, it 
runs in a Southwesterly direction about two miles, forming 
what is called "The Reach," or Crumbie's Reach ; and 
then it sweeps again in an easy turn and runs E. S. East- 
erly nearly a mile, w^hen it again divides — the southern 
branch running under the Newcastle and Wiscasset Bridge, 
thus forming and watering the extensive Marshes which 
lie in the Southwestern part of the town — while the other, 



26 ANCIENT SHEEPSCOT. 

which is tlie main branch, again reverses its course, run- 
ning parallel with Crumbie's Reach and the main Sheep- 
scot, and continues on nearly a mile when another branch 
strikes off to the Eastward and Southward, where it 
receives the waters from Bryant's Meadow and makes 
another large area of marsh, while the main river con- 
tinues on in a N. N. E. course up to the fal]s,t thence into 
the woods where the road crosses it which goes from 
Sheepscot Bridge to Damariscotta, and thence up to the 
upper part of Newcastle and into the town of Jefferson. 
This river is now called "Mill River," or "Mill Creek ;" 
and the point of land which runs down between it and 
Crumbie's Reach was formerly called "The Great Necke." 
And this river which has been thus hastily sketched out, 
was called "Cavissex River," "Canasixet River" and Can- 
issex River."* 

The western branch of this river which is formed by the 
point of land already alluded to, continues on in a N. N. 
East direction about a mile when it comes to "The Falls." 
After passing these it pursues its same general course about 
one-third of a mile when a branch strikes off and after 
a graceful bend runs N. Easterly up through marshes, a 
distance of four miles to "The Falls," formerly called "Win- 
nisittico Falls" and "Fresh Falls." This river is called 
"Dyer's River" from Mr. Wm. Dyer who anciently erected 
his house near the foot of it not far from where the store 
of Franklin L. Carney now stands. The main or Western 
branch of the river continues on in its primal course 
about four miles when it bends and ruus Northwesterly, 
through "Puddle Dock" village, "Head of tide" village, 

* In the History of Saco and Biddeford, p. 13tli, the author says, 
Sheepscot was called Apouey. Hon. Wm. Willis, M. H. C, p. 232, 
says, "The ludiau name was Sheepscot." The name probably was 
imported from England. 

t Formerly called Allen's falls. 



ANCIENT SHEEPSCOT. 27 

■when it SAveeps again and enters the town of Whitefielcl. 
It is, taken all and in all, a magnificent and profitable 
stream. It sweeps through -many miles of country, forms 
almost a countless number of aitres of marsh, its waters 
are Avell stored with fish, and its banks are lined with for- 
ests, pastures, cultivated fields and other signs of civiliza- 
tion. The marshes which these waters .form, are of 
immense value to the inhabitants. No town, in this vicin- 
ity, equals Newcastle in this respect. 

That tract of land which is formed b}' the dividing of 
the Sheepscot River at the South, and the branching of 
the Dyer's Eiver at the North, with the Sheepscot on the 
West, was anciently called "The Little Necke,"'^' in oj^posi- 
tion to "The Great Necke" already sjooken of, as being 
formed by, and lying between, "Mill River" and "Crum- 
bie's Eeacli." After the purchase of Mason in 1652, it 
w^as called "Mason's Necke," and afterwards the "town 
necke". It is a beautiful place. It is more than a mile 
long, and its mean width is one-third of a mile. Its 
surface is nearly level, quite free from ledges and stones^ 
and with its loamy soil forms excellent land for cultivation. 
Towards the North, between "Garrison Hill" and "The 
Falls," is a rising ground, where, during the early days of 
this settlement, was a fort, and where is now the "Burying 
ground" in which the inhabitants, since the year 1630, 
have been accustomed to inter their dead. 

Nicholas Manning who was the surveyor under John 
Palmer, the Duke of York's Agent, and appointed bj' Gov- 
ernor Dungan, has left us 

"the dementions off the town necke." 

"fii'om the Southwesterly pount ofl^the town necke is 149 
pole to the South Side ofi" Mr, Goddard home lott from 



* Sullivan remarks, "Where that river was, may be uncertain; 
but perhaps it was the Sheepscot," It is not "uncertain" to the 
older inhabitants of the town Newcastle, 



28 ANCIENT SHEEPSCOT. 

theus is 84 pole to a Cross Street to the north sid off 
Christopher Dj-ers home lott is 50 pol then a lott Reserved 
for the Cattell and pepell to "have water ffrom the S|>ring 
in Said h)t from the north Sid off Said lott to the hay way 
that goeth into the wods is 30 ])ole the Said hay Avay is 4 
pole Avide ffrom thens to the Cov nor off John Manning 
lot is 3 pole the Ramender off his ffront on a gett is 7 pole 
from thens to Wihiam Dyers home lott at the North 
ponnt off Said neck is 70 pole the bred off Said neck a 
lonng by Said Goddards lott ffrom the East Sid to the 
west off the neck is 92 pole 

Nich. Maning home lott is in ffront 15 pole and depe 
the oft" pliips lott bred in ffront" 

These figures are 149-84-50-30-4-3-7-70. Total 397. 

Their custom was to have two acre lots for "home lots," 
where they erected their dwellings for neighborhood pur- 
poses and for security ; and then, to have "out lots" at a 
distance where were their tillage and wood lands. The 
road that connected those located East with the town, was 
dignified as the "King's Highway." 

The plan of the "Necke" here given, its length and 
breadth, is inserted for its antiquity, and as a rare relic of 
other men and other times. 

A street extended from the Southern to the Northern 
point of the Neck. Two hundred and thirty-three rods 
from the Southern point was a street that crossed the long 
street at right angles, and ran from the Eastern to the 
Western branch of the Sheepscot. On the banks of the 
Western branch of the Sheepscot, and parallel with the 
long street, was another street, to accommodate the fam- 
ilies that lived on that part of the Neck. Near where the 
old Henry Cargill house nowf stands, there commenced 
another street of four rods wide, which, following the 

*It was also called "The town," "The town Necke," and 
"Mason's Necke." tl863. 



AJSfClENT SHEErSCOT, 29 

present road led off hj Lewis Kennedy's, to their farms, 
^voods and Grist Mill on Cavessix river. This' was 
"'Alleyn's Falls," He probably resided here and was their 
miller. Tliis street was tl.e "King's Highway." To the 
North of the commencement of this street, on the crown 
of the hill, was their fort," a small stockade ; and to the 
South, around the spring, was a "Common" where the 
people and their cattle obtained driuk. 

Between the "Common" and the "King's Highwa}'," was 
the residence of John Mason, the chief man and the 
] irgest landhold»-r of the village. The Blacksmith Shop 
was nearly opposite the Common. The place is now easily 
identified. It is on the Western side of the street, Chris- 
topher Dj^er lived in the neighborhood ; and William D3'er 
on the Northern extremity — "North pount" — of the Neck, 
probably near where Franklin Carney's store now stands. 
He gave the came to Dyer's river and to the Neck oppo- 
site, probably, because he owned it. Madam Elizabeth 
Gent lived on Garrison Hill. She was a large landholder, 
having purchased the tract of the Indian Sagamores that 
lies between Dyer's and Cavessix rivers, and from the 
North line of John Mason's purchase, to Winnesitico 
Falls, — above Hartley Erskine's. Her son Thomas Gent 
lived "on the Eastward side of Sheepscot Great Neck, near 
the poiut,"t Avhere Francis Dodge now, 1863, lives. John 
Manning resided near the Common. He married John 
Mason's daughter, and John Mason married the daughter 
of Elizabeth Gent. One witness says, John Mason's 
house was on the low ground, near the head of the cove 
and a large spring. The house of Thomas Messer was on 
the Alna Side not far from the spring, that is on the old 

* Sullivan, p. 230, says, Sir Eclmuud Audros erected a fort at 

Sheepscot. 

tJohn Ball's deposition. John Curtis' deposition. Thomas 
Gent's residence at Damariscotta was only brief. 



30 ANTIQUITY OF SHEEPSCOT, 

Wiscasset road. tSamuel Corbisson's was to the Soutli of 
this. 

The deeds, under which Madam Gent and lier sou 
Thomas Gent held their lands, are not now in existence. 

The location was beautifully chosen. The ground was 
level and well adapted to agriculture. The rivers were 
bountifully stored with fish. The marshes and meadows 
alibrded large quantities of hay for their cattle ; the out- 
lauds were heavily covered with forests ; and there was. 
easy access to the sea. All things considered, their sit- 
uation could not be excelled on any part of the river. 
They could hunt in winter, and finci an easy market for 
their lumber or whatever they might h;ive to sell. Dam- 
ariscotta, Pemaquid and Georgetown were their nearest 
neighbors. 



CHAPTEE VI 



ANTIQUITY OF SHEEPSCOT. 

Who commenced this settlement, and at wdiat time it 
was done, is quite uncertain ; 3'et, there is evidence that it 
dates back to a very early period of Colonial history. 
The opinion, that it may have been a continuation of the 
Popham colony, is entirely unsupported b}' the facts in the 
case and by the writers of that period. The Popham set- 
tlement was a short-lived affair. The men composing it, 
were not of the right kind to battle with the rigors of our 
Northern winters — to fight with the Indian and the beasts 
of prey — to hew down the forests — till the lands — bear up 
under the hardships of pioneer life and lay the founda- 



ANTIQUITY OF SHEEPSCOT. 31 

tioiis of iiiaiiy generations. A single winter's privations 
broke up the enterprise ; and the opening spring witnessed 
n speedy return to the hind of their fathers, whose fire- 
sides were blazing with bounties and homes were amply 
prepared for their relief. 

Instead of any remaining behind and engaging in 
another similar enterprise, as some have supposed, 
Strachey, their own favorite author, has told us, that they 
all left and Avent back to England in the ship that came 
the next year for their relief. His language is, "Where- 
fore they all ymbarqued in the new arrived shipp, and in 
the new pinnace, the Yirginia, and set sail for England. 
And this was the end of that Northerne colony upon the 
river Sagadahoc." 

Hubbard,* speaking of their hardships and the deaths 
among them, says, "And indeed the seasoning of a hard 
winter in that barren, rocky and mountainous desert so 
discouraged all the rest, that they took the first advantage 
of shipping that next came, to return home for England 
the following year, viz. : Anno Domini 1608." 

But in what year the settlement at Sheepscot began, 
is not precisely known. Undoubtedly it grew up, like 
Pemaquid, from small and obscure beginnings. While 
Pemaquid was the grand Entrepot for mariners, tradesmen 
and fishermen, Sheepscot, in her marshes, both salt and 
fresh, her unrivalled soil, magnificent forests, and spring 
"run" of salmon, shad and alewives, and also in her mill 
sites and easy access to the sea, was a gem of untold 
worth to the agriculturist and planter, and presented facil- 
ities and prospects of a brightened character to many, who 
were less charmed by the allurements of a dwelling at the 
ocean's side. 

Pemaquid, Georgetown and Sheepscot, like a family of 
sisters, grew up side by side, having neither Government 

* See General History, p. 37. 



/" 



d2 AXTIQCITV OF SHEEPSCOT, 

patronage, nor the assistance of lords and powerful orjipm- 
izations like tlie Pophani colony ; but from the outset, 
they became self-reliant ; and like the forests which they 
came to subdue, they strvick their roots deep — spreaid their 
branches wide, and lived to profit themselves and bless 
those that came after them. These three grew up side by 
side — had a common origin — a similar experience — a 
resemblance of life and a hke destiny. For nearly sixty 
years, they lived, flourished and gave each other nuitual 
aid and comfort ; and it was neither the rigor of winter 
nor our Northern blasts that discouraged them. They 
staid and bore their hardships, without murmur or c(jm- 
plaint, till Indian wrath, like a furious tornado, and witli 
Sirocco fierceness, swept over the land, bur^-ing beneath it 
men and their habitations, cattle and flocks and all who 
tended and guarded them. 

Some, choosing an inland habitation, while others would 
prefer a dwelling by the sea, Sheepscot, no doubt, received 
"planters" soon after, or at the same time, that Pemaquid 
and the settlement on Monhegan became a fixit3\ Each 
seemed to be necessary to the life of the other. The 
Duke D'Rochefaucault says, in the 2d vol. of his travels, 
"Some attempts were made by the Dutch to settle a Col- 
ony at Newcastle as early as 1607," though, at that time, 
unsuccessful. Afterwards, as vestiges show, they became 
residents here at least for a time. This was on the Sheep- 
scot river above Wiscasset Bay. Tradition also declares 
in favor of the testimony of the vestiges and of this 
writer. The older inhabitants are well persuaded that the 
Dutch once fixed their habitations in this locality, and at 
a date far back in the annals of the country. 

Sullivan says,* "There was a settlement there," at New- 
castle, "as early as in an}' part of the Pemaquid country." 
And "There were in the year 1630,t eighty-four families, 

*Page 165. tPage 167. 



ANTIQUITY OF SHEEPSClTr. 



33 



besides fishenneii, ;il)out Peuuuiui.l, St. George an«l 
Sheepscott." 

That this settlement was of an early date, is proved by 
the following- fact. There is now in one of the cellars of 
those early inhabitants which is partially filled up, the 
stump of a pine tree of two feet in thickness, that was cut 
about the year 1817 by the late Capt. Thomas Chase of 
this place. Now, carrying back the time, from the cutting 
of that tree to the hour when the little seedling showed 
itself in that partially filled cellar, and you will find 
yourself standing upon a point of time as early as that 
which the Eecords have assigned for the destruction of 
that once flourishing Colony. 

Capt. Joseph Cargill has told me, that, as long ago as 
1830, he counted stumps with a hundred and fifty -five 
circles on them. A circle is supposed to be gained, to a 
healthy tree, every year. In the woods which have never 
been cleared since the settlement of these parts, any quan- 
tity of cornhills are seen, which show what the inhabi- 
tants were doing when the last act of Indian barbarity 
was performed, and the tillers of the soil were driven from 
their homes. 

It is well known, that, after the village w^as burnt, and 
the inhabitants were driven off, the country was left to 
grow up to woods ;— that a heavy forest rested upon the 
cornfields ; and that timber, of immense size, pressed upon 
what was once their tillage lands and their gardens. Some 
portions of this forest, of late, were standing ; and even 
now,* there is a small growth that protects the earth in its 
ancient form. 

From the names of those settlers which have survived, 
the probabihty of the nationahty, is English, though there, 
undoubtedly, was a sprinkling of Dutch among them, or 
before them. Among the names I find those of Dale, 



* 1850. 



34 ANTIQUITY OF SHEEPSCOT. 

Dyer, Stalger, Draper, Gent, Mason, Messer and White. 
And it is certain that they were under the British Crown, 
and that the Duke of York estabhslied a gvn-ernnient 
there. 

Tradition, beUeved by the inhabitants, says that the 
Dutch once settled there. 

And, that this settlement was populous, is equally evi- 
dent. Their principal street was a mile and a quarter 
long. The laud on both sides was laid out in two acre 
lots, in the form of a parallelogram, narrow on the street 
and extending a certain distance in the rear. Each of 
these was the home lot of a proprietor. And, from the 
numerous cellars found there, b}' the settlers in the next 
century, it is evident that the greater i)art of those "home 
lots" were taken up and settled on. Besides, cellars were 
found in other localities which would swell the population 
to some hundreds of souls. 

There were settlers over West, on the river's bank. 
Several families resided on the Alna side ; and some to the 
west of the mountain, as the cellars indicate, and more 
or less were scattered, from Garrison Hill to the lower end 
of the "Great" (Sherman's) "Necke." The place had at 
least fifty years' growth. I have in my possession, the 
names of about fifty of these ancient inhabitants ; nine- 
tenths of whom Avere males. And eacli" of these, if the 
head of a family^as probably they were — stands as the 
representative of several others. But I have only a small 
jiortion of the names of those adults who once flourished 
there. 

The}' prospered — they multiplied — "farmed it" — fished 
— traded — lumbered. Their religion was transported from 
across the sea; — their children tlie}^ taught; — the govern- 
ment was Democratic ; — they had no king — no bishop — no 
Hierarchy — no Parliament. And yet, it was a community 
where every one saw, that it was for his own good to 
promote the benefit of the whole; Their very isolation 



ANTIQUITY OF SHEEPSCOT. 35 

compelled tliem to deeds of benevolence and to acts of 
common mercy and charity. 

Some foi-ty rods to the South of then- fort, on the oppo- 
site side of the street, and near the Northern corner of the 
field where the road uow strikes off in a Southeasterly 
direction, stands a barn formerly belonging to the late 
Henry Cargill, Esq. His son, Mr. Charles Cargill, just 
now deceased, told me but a short time before his death, 
that a numljer of years ago, as this barn was undergoing 
repairs, in digging a few inches under ground, the work- 
man accidentally came to a floor of flat stones. These 
stones had evidently been brought some distance, as there 
was no locality near, where they could have been obtained. 
They were about four inches thick ; and the floor which 
was eighteen or twenty feet square, was compactly -laid, 
joint nicel}- fitting to joint, and part perfectly meeting 
part.* What particular use it was intended for is quite in 
vain for us to inquire ; yet it was no doubt considered a 
place of considerable importance. Near this, as Mr. 
Joseph Cargill, the brother of Charles, told me, his father 
found, when he first came on to the place, some seventy- 
five years since,t the foundation of a building of consid- 
erable size, laid in solid masour}^.!: stone and lime. He 
used the stone for other purposes ; but it was not till many 
years after, that the pavement of flat stones was discov- 
ered. What connection, if any, the two had with each, is 
not known. It may have been a church ; or it may have 
been a storehouse, which is more probable ; or it may 
have been the residence of John Mason which, we know, 
was in this vicinity. He appears to have been the chief 
man of the village ; and it was at his house that the Com- 

* These remains are similar to those found at Pemaquid. 

1 1855, the date of writing. 

\ A similar foundation was discovered at Pemaquid. 



156 ANTIQUITY OF SHEEPSCOT. 

inissioners of tlie Duke of York met to settle and arrange 
the affairs of the provmce. 

To the Southwest of this, and not far from the point of the 
Necke, is another cellar of considerable size with tiat stones 
in the bottom, showing that here was a liuilding of impor- 
tance ; and the bricks found there, some of -which are in 
]ierfect condition and some with all the iguitible portions 
burnt out of them, gave evidence that these as well as 
wood were used in its construction and that fire in its 
intensest fur}" was the cause of its destruction. Manj- of 
the cellars once found have been filled of later years. 

Still further South on the opposite side of the street, 
stands that ver}- important appendage of every settlement, 
whether it be great or small, new or old, the blacksmith 
shop. Several years ago, four individuals of us visited the 
spot, for the purpose of making discoveries. We had our 
implements with us, and dug down through the debris and 
new made land, to the depth of eight inches when we came 
to a hard pan which formed the floor of the important 
character who once reigned there. Here were made all 
the ox shoes, the cranes, the hooks and trammels ; the^ 
everj'thing ornamented, curious and useful for the needy 
inhabitants of the whole village. It was the Birmingham 
of the place. And here, too, the honest yeomanry would 
meet of a stormy day to talk over the politics, discuss the 
municipal affairs, and project enterprises relating to their 
little kingdom, with quite as much patriotism and wisdom 
as men do nowadays. 

On this floor w-e found cinders and slag, which fell from 
the furnace, bits of iron, the bolt of a lock, and a piece 
of work partlj' finished, something in the shape and about 
the size of a large latch. It might have been his last 
work that the manufacturer was attempting to finish, as 
the Indian war wdioop w^as heard from the neighboring- 
hills, and the unprotected inhabitants were compelled to 
flee for their lives. The relics taken on that occasion, are 



A"MTQU1TY OP KHEErsCOT. 37 

.xtill ill iii\- possessicw. TIk' setting" sun then compelled us 
ii) retire from ;i work wliich we never since found time to 
resume. The anvil of this son of Yulcan, was found in 
the next century, and put to a similar purpose by a dilier- 
ent hand. I wish I knew its history ! AVhat revelations 
might then be made ! 

Other articles, belonging to tltese wilderness settlers, 
have been found, b}^ the present inhabitants, as they have 
been ploughing their fields or searching among the stones 
and bricks of the cellars. Particularly have chunks of 
melted pewter, of various sizas, been found among the 
ruins of these cellars, showing that when these houses 
were consumed by fire, their pewter platters, basins etc., 
were lost, being melted at the tinie.'^ Charred corn and 
peas have also been found in abundance, having passed 
through the action of fire at the time the houses were 
burned. In fact, the inhabitants, when the news of danger 
arrived, had only time to flee for their lives, leaving their 
2:oods behind them, which, toQ-ether with the buildings 
that contained them, became an easy pre}' to the flames. 

Capt. Joseph Cargill has informed me, that many years 
ago, wdieu his father was digging a trench for ai; aqueduct 
to lead the water from the spring in the middle of his field 
to his brickyard which was situated at the bank near the 
head of the cove, he struck upon two large, white oak 
plank, near the water, one lying directly on the top of the 
other, w'ith the sawdust as bright as the day when it was 
cut, Ij'ing betw' een them. These plank were about two feet 
under ground, and were sawed in a sawpit, wdth one of 
those large whip-saw^s that are used for sawing plank for 
ship building. It was Mr. Cargill's opinion that these two 
plank lay at the bottom of the pit ; hence the ease with 

*Tlie ring found by Capt. Chase a few years ago, (see Maine Hist. 
Coll., vol. 4, p. 216, Note,) belonged to the Woodbridge family of 
later date. 



,^8 ANTIQUITY OF SHEEPSCOT. 

whieli they were covered, aud escaped decay, when all was 
perishing above them. There are evidences, that, near 
this phice, was the s}>ot where ship building was carried 
on. Those hardy pioneers had ever\- facility for this 
object ;— timber enough — good rivers — help sufficient and 
a ready market. 

They built a vessel where the late Hartley Nickel's 
brickyard is, in which, it is said, the inhabitants left.'"'' It 
is 'not long since there were visible marks of a shipyard 
there.t There is a tradition, that, when the inhabitants 
saw that they must leave, some of them met together and 
agreed to dig a pit and deposit their pewter dishes and 
other valuables in it, . After they had deposited the 
choicest things there, they covered the pit over, but when 
the inhabitants returned, the place could not be identified. 
They dug much and often, but the carefully covered arti- 
cles could never be found. :j: 

There was a wharf near the Southern end of the "Little 
Necke" on the Eastern side and South of the old sliip- 
yard.§ 

The mills of this neighborhood were situated on what 
then began to be called "Mill Creek," now "Mill Brook" or 
"Mill River," This was at the Falls, called by them 
"Allen's Falls," about a i^ile to the East of "The Town," 
and accommodated both Sheepscot and Damariscotta. It 
is an excellent mill privilege and mills have stood there 
almost ever since the recollection of the oldest inhabitants. 
When the present settlers first moved in there, they found 
an old mill stone, broken in pieces — undoubtedly belong- 
ing to a former mill that had been erected there. This, 
Capt. Joseph Cargill worked into his stone mill dam whitli 

*Col. James Cargill. 
t Capt. Alex Cunningham. 
I Mr. Alex Cunningham. 
§Mrs. Decker, 



INDIAN PURCHASES. 39 

lie built on the snino spot, many jears ago. When tlie 
lands were heavily (hovered with forests and the snows were 
deep and held on later than they do now with a cleared 
countr}-, the flow of water on this stream was much larger 
than it is at present ; and even now it is considerable. 
The remains of an old grist mill stand upon the site at the 
Falls at present. Shattuck's saw mill is below this. 

Other industries, such as brick-making, were no doubt 
pursued, as there were excellent facilities for the manufac- 
ture of this article right at their doors, and there were men 
and time enough to make them. 



CHAPTER YIL 



INDIAN PURCHASES. 

The settlers, as jet, had reeeive<;l no tithes to their lands, 
and the only regulations they had, appear to have been 
those of their own making. The English claimed the .sov- 
ereignty of the land, and the Patents of different com- 
panies began to conflict with each other. But the Indians 
who were the ancient lords and the real owners of the 
soil, had not as \ei parted with their title to them. The 
English who had come in, seemed to have lived there only 
by sufferance ; for as soon as the flames of war were 
kindled, the inhabitants were obliged to flee. While peace 
continued, they prospered : but when war arose, the 
Indian pow'er was seen and felt, and the patents and 
orders of white ujen had no more force than the paper on 
which they were written. Accordingly, the settlers began 
to make purchases of the Indians. John Mason, Nicholas 



40 INIJIAX ! ■ ( 1 ;( H ASF.S. 

Majiiiiiig- and Madaiij (rriit at Sliei'iiseot, l)()aglit all the 
lands l)etween Sheepscot and Mill Eiveis, and from AVin- 
nisittieo Falls, the present Match factory, down, so as to 
inclnde the upper end of Cape Xewagoan Island. Here is 
Mason's deed. 

"January 20th 1652. Be it known unto all men, by 
these presents, that we, liobinhood and Dick Swash and 
Jack Pudding, do hereljy severally and jointly gi'ant and 
make free sale unto John Mason, one neck of land lying 
in Sheepscot river, which bounds of the said neck is from 
Sheepscot Falls, over a cove, to a parcel of pines, and 
from thence right over the said neck unto the head of 
another cove, on the Eastward side of the neck ; and a 
parcel of marsh ground lying on the other side of the 
river southerly, which boirnds is from the burnt islands 
which is the noi'therly end of it, and from thence to a 
fi-eshet called by the English "The Oven's Mouth/' and all 
the said marsh is on the southward side of the river, with 
the upland joining to it ; and we the said Sagamores, Rob- 
inhood and Dick Swash and Jack Pudding, our heirs, 
executors, administrators ov assigns, do hereby grant and 
give quiet possession unto the said John Mason,, his heirs, 
executors, administrators or assigns, with a parcel of fresli 
marsh lying at the head of Allen's Falls. 

Witness : Nathaniel Draper 
Edward Roi)erts. 

Nathaniel Draper of Shee})Scot, doth acknowledge that 
this deed is the act of the Indians, here subscribed before 
me, this 15th day of March, 1666—67 

Per me, Walter Phillips, Recorder. 

Nicholas Re3'nolds, Justice Peace." 

The bounds of this deed are traceable. He started 
from Sheepscot Falls, and struck directly across. South- 
easterly, over the cove, to a "parcel of pines," which stood 
upon the bank on the opposite side — thence he struck 



INDIAJ^ PURCHASES. 41 

across to the cove South of Garrison Hill — thence he 
followed the river up the Reach, and on through its wind- 
ings, to Campbell's, now White's Mill ; thence he struck 
right down Southwesterly to the "freshet called by the 
English 'oven's mouth,' " in the lowep part of Edgecomb, 
with all the marshes and upland lying to the West of this 
line. The "burnt Islands" at the upper part of this large 
tract, were so called because they had been overrun by 
fire. 

Nicholas Manning's estate lay to the South of this, or 
rather he appears to have been a partner with Mason, (as 
he married his daughter.) and it ran down and included 
Bartej-'s Island, Sawyer's Island, and the upper end of 
Cape Newaggan Island. 

I have in my possession an old writing of Manning's, 
and what purports to be the 308th page of the l)ook of his 
surveys. As it is good history and throws light upon these 
ancient and obscure transactions, I shall here copy it for 
the benefit of the curious. 

"The Bounds off the Land of Capt. Nich. Manning in 
Sheepscott River which Rmis at the westerly side off Cape 
nawagon up to Aallings ffalls ; as also the Land oft' John 
Mason my wiffe father bofi't of three Sagemores the prin- 
cipal that ever had ben in the Esttern Contry in the yeare 
Conveyed Janery the twent}' 1652, and was Recorded in 
the Rein off King ChareU the Second, one thousen Six 
hundred sixty fiive, allso in the year 1666 Nathanell 
draper, and Edward Roberts wear sworn beffor me, by the 
Nathanell draper, the other being ded, Edward beftbr 
then,* and beftbr any convaymant w^as by the CroAvn oft' 
England Esten Contrey,t presently John Mason Avent unto 
Nicholas Reynolls the fiirst Justis made in them parts 
which is March 1666 — 67 ; presently ther .was on Samell 

* It is difficult to decipher this. 

t It is very difficult to decipher this. 



42 WALTER PHILLIPS. 

phipps appountecl to Recorder off the Couvayants off 
Lands on any writting that ought to be Recorded, which 
book is now by tlie Govenor off boston committed in the 
Custody off Samell Phipps Clerk off the Estern Couiittee." 

Then follows a plan of the river from near its mouth, 
together with the islands and bodies of water, up to the 
Cross river, which he calls "boren hed," Boren Head. 
Squam Island or Westport, he calls "the boren Island." 

On the opposite side of the leaf is another rongh sketch 
of the Sheepscot river from "the boren hed," Fowle's 
Point, to Allen's Falls, and the distance is placed quite 
correctly at three leagues. The lands, thus claimed by 
Mason and Manning, amounted to twelve thousand acres. 

Madam Gent bought a tract next above Mason's. Her 
bounds commenced at the Sheepscot Falls and appear to 
have followed Mason's boundary, across the cove to a 
"pai'cel of pines" then to another cove up Crumbie's 
Reach thence round the Great Neck — up Mill River to 
about where the line now divides the towns of Jefferson 
and Newcastle — thence Westerly near "Winnisitico Falls" 
to the Sheepscot River — thence down the river to the first 
mentioned bound. So that Madam Gent had in her pos- 
session a fine tract of country. 



CHAPTER YIII. 



WALTER PHILLIPS. 

Sometime previous to the middle of the 17th century 
there came a man with his family and settled on the West- 
ern bank of the Damariscotta river, about two miles below 



WALTER THILLirS. 43 

the loAver falls, now Damariscotta Bridge, at a little run of 
water, in the rear of the residence of the late Capt. Wm. 
Robinson. His name was Walter Phillips ; and he was 
destined to be an historic character. Here, he built him a 
house ; and not far off, hved James Smith, who married 
Phillip's daughter. The cellars and debris of ancient 
houses are seen there to this day. How long Phillips 
lived here is not known ; but existing records show that he 
afterward moved farther up the river, the distance of 
nearly a mile, and built him a house, where he contiiiued 
to reside, till driven off by the Indians in 1675. He built 
his house on a high bluff* of land, near the Eastern corner 
of the field now owned by Ebenezer Farley, Esq., a short 
distance beloAV Fly and Hiscock's shipyard, and a little to 
the West of the tomb that is erected on the falling off of 
the hill, by the margin of the river. It was a beautiful 
location, and the spot was capitally chosen. For, besides, 
that the ground was high and dry, it fell off in every direc- 
tion from his house, and he had a commanding idew of 
the beautiful Damariscotta for many miles above and 
below his residence. I have visited the spot, and found it 
to be the very place of all others where I should choose 
to live, provided the whole territory was before me, and I 
had my choice as to locality. Mr. Farley, who was born 
in the old family mansion, a little to the West of this, 
recollects, 1856, the cellar well. It was there in the days 
of his boyhood, but has since been filled up. He is now* 
79 years of age. He also recollects the orchard which 
Phillips set out, when he improved the soil. He says, 
that being planted on virgin soil, the trees attained an 
unusually large size ; much larger than any now in exist- 
ence. The same phenomena I have myself witnessed. 
The trees which were first planted on the farm where I 
was born, in Wiscasset, were in existence in the days of 

* When this was written. 



44 WAJLTER PHILLIPS. 

my- boyhood; but they have since given place toothers 
which are greatly inferior in size to those that were first 
])]anted there. 

John Dall, in his deposition before the Commissioners, 
taken March 12, 1734, and when he was 80 years of age, 
testified that "Walter Phillips' house stood on th.e Westerly 
side of the river, on a great high hill, a httle below the 
lowest falls, and there was near to his house an orchard." 
Lydia Stan wood, June 19, 1742, when she was 82 years old, 
testified that "he lived and improved on a hill below John 
Taylor, down the riverward." Mrs. Stan wood was the 
daughter of Thomas Messer of Sheepscot, where she was 
born and brought up, but lived pre^dous to her marriage, 
a whole year at John Taylor's, and was well acquainted 
in those parts. Samuel Small, Nov. 11, 1737, being then 
73 years of age, declared that, "when a youth, a servant 
to Henry Joslin, Esq., then a magistrate in those Eastern 
parts, he lived with him several j-ears at Pemaquid, while 
Sir Edmund Andross was- Governor of New England." 
He was well acquainted with this Eastern country, often 
visited Damari'scotta, and gathered apples from the 
orchard planted b}" Phillips. He says that it was a little 
distance below the lower salt water falls, and there was 
then, at that place, the remains of a house, said to be 
Phillips' dwelling house ; and there had been, before that 
time, very great improvements of the land, by Phillips. 
He was the reputed owner of a large tract of countrj^ at 
Damariscotta ; but was finally driven off by the Indians, 
and escaped with his life only, having lost all his goods. 

Phillips, in his deed to Tappan, speaks of the .... below 
"mj- former dwelling house ;" showing that the place of 
his latter residence, was different from the former. Ben- 
jamin Cheney, one of Tappau's xA.gents, says, he "fenced 
for a pasture from the brook that runs into the cove just 
below the lower falls ; " — that is the brook directlv North 
of the Brick Church ; and "Southerly alongside of a great, 



"WALTER PHILLIPS. 45 

long hill to another brook below the and where 

Walter Phillips was said first to dwell, when he came to 
Damariscotta." 

The locality of Phillips' second residence, is easil}- 
ascertained by the debris and black mould which are 
found there. When I visited the locality, two men were 
ploughing on the spot. They easily detected the place by 
the peculiarity of the soil ; and when I told them that a 
house once stood there, they readily remarked upon the 
different appearance between that and the .surrounding 
parts ; and they, showing me the spot, said, they had 
ploughed across a beautiful, well pulverized spot, which 
once may have been improved as a garden. 

At that time, Phillips had a cart path which "went 
directly back from his dwelling house* toward Sheepscot, 
lielow the Fresh Meadows, leaving the meadows on the 
right hand." This path must have passed out through the 
notch of the hills, where now is the residence of Mr. 
Farley, and ran along South of what since has been called 
Bryant's Meadow. 

Phillips had made a settlement down the river, near the 
sea, at a place called Winnegance. This was probably for 
the purpose of fishing ;— perhaps also for trade. 

His next neighbor North, was John Taylor, who lived 
"near the lower salt water falls, on the first point below." 
This is the point where stands the Brick Block, erected 
by John Glidden, Esq., and which terminated by a wharf. 
Formerly the cove extended up much farther than it does 
at present, and the point was longer, of course, than it is 
now. 
, The line fence between Taylor and Phillips, commenced 

*Johii Pearce dep., of Manchester. Mr. Sewall, An. Dom. of 
Me., p. 137, places this road too far Sonth. If he had followed '"the 
route of the present highway," as he says he did, he would have 
crossed a broad swamp and avoided the elevated and dry land 
farther North. 



46 WALTEK PHILLIPS. 

;it the "deep gully" directly in the rear of the cottage- 
house that stands bnlow the road, near the oak grove, and 
hard by Hiscock and Fly's shipyard. It continued u]> 
over the hill. This fence was about midway from Phillips" 
to Ta^'lor's residence. Directly across the river from John 
Taylor's, was John Brown, Jr., son of John Brown of New 
Harbor, Up the river farther, on the same side with Brown, 
and directly across from the Oyster Banks, stood the resi- 
dence of Robert Scott. And still farther up, at another 
clearing, was the home of Thomas Kimball. These six, 
Phillips, Smith, Taylor, Brown, Scott and Kimball, are all 
the families that are mentioned in the Commissioner's 
Report, as living at that time at Damariseotta. John 
Pearce, in his deposition taken Jan. 6, 1734, says, he was 
well acquainted in those parts, and he "does not remem- 
ber that there were any other inhabitants but the within 
named that lived" tliere at that time. Dall and Curtis 
testify that Thomas Gent resided on "Sheepscot Great 
Necke, near the point, on the Eastern side ;" but Gent 
claims* that he had land at Damariseotta, married Ta}- 
lor's daughter and lived there several years. 

In Feb. 15, 1661, Phillips obtained an obligation or 
deed for a tract of land, bounded as follows : "Beginning 
at the Lower end of the Salt Pond at Damariseotta, so 
tending right over to Cavesisex river, due West, North- 
west, so tending right up in the country three leagues from 
the mouth of the Fresh Falls ; all the upland and marsh 
or marshes belonging thereunto, within the three leagues 
above mentioned." 

The "Salt Pond" is what we now call "The Bay" or 
"Salt Bay" in opposition to the "Fresh Pond" — Damar- 
iseotta Pond, above. "Cavesisex river" is "Mill river." 
From the Lower end of the Bay, a course West, North 
West, would strike the falls at Capt. Robert Kennedy's. 



* Maine Hist. Coll., vol. 2, p. 235. 



WALTER PHILLIPS. 47 

This is the Southern Hue ; Mill river is the Western ; the 
Bay and so much of Damariscotta Pond as would make 
out three leagues is the Eastern side. 

Josle, Sagamore, conveyed this tract of land to Phillips, 
that he might "well and truly, peaceably, have, hold, enjoy 
and possess, from the date of these presents, to him ;ind 
his heirs and assigns forever." 

His next purchase was directly South of this. The 
deed is dated Anno Domini January ye 19, 1662. The 
purchase was made of Wittenose and Erles Dugles, Sag- 
amores. It is thus described : "Beginning at Peuscotgo- 
wake, the one-half upwards to the lower end of the Salt 
Pond, to the end of the land throughout to the indraft 
that comes out of the Salt Pond, so likewise from Pedcoc- 
gowake down to the Cove,* below the house of the said 
Walter Phillips, which the natives use to carry their 
canoes over to Canesix river • so likewise on the other side 
of the said meadow that lies west, nor- west from Ped- 
cocgowake 200 poles in length nor- west, all marshes, fresh 
or salt, within the limits above menticjned, which latelv 
Avas the lands of the within named Wittenose, Sagamore 
and Erles Dugles, his brother Sagamore." 

The bounds of this deed commenced at a place called 
Pedcocgowake,t and then run up to the lower end of the 
Salt Bay, at the first bound of the other deed ; then to the 
"indraft," round Glidden's point, past the Oyster Banks, 
to the place from whence it started ; then it went down to 
the "Carrying Place" below Walter Phillips' house, and as 
far South of Pedcocgowake as the lower end of the Bar 



*Tlie Com. Report, p. 84, calls this word voice. What does voke''^ 
mean? 

t The Ancient Dominions, p. 15, assigns this place to the Oyster 
Banks. Bnt this is too high up the river as the deed itself shows. 
Pedcoegowacke was half way from the lower end of the Salt Bay 
where the Oyster Banks are, to the "Carrying Place" below Walter 
Phillips' house. 



•48 WALTER PHILLIPS'. 

is above it ; together with the meadow that lies 200 rods- 
from Pedcocgowake, and all marshes, fresh and salt, u-ithiit 
the entire bounds. The design was, that it should include 
all between Damariscotta and Mill rivers, and from the 
Bay down to the Carrying Place. 

The "Carrying place" was the old road from Sheepscot 
to the old Academy ; and the "Cove" ran up into Elias 
Bailey's field ; — an old, direct, easy tract,, from one river to 
the other. When the last settlers came in, they followed the- 
"Indian trail," and estal)lished their "County road" whicli 
reinained such, till the Wiscasset and Damariscotta road 
was opened. 

Twelve years after this transaction, Dec. 28, 1674, Erie 
Dugles sold to Walter Phillips a tract of land on the East 
side of Damaiiscotta Pond next North of Thomas Kim- 
ball's, six miles wide, and running from the lower part of 
the Salt Bay to the Head of the Pond, together with all 
trees, timber trees, marshes, mines, minerals and whatever 
else it should contain ; so that Phillips, John Brown and 
John Mason, as we shall see anon, stand out before us, as 
great Eastern land Proprietors. And it will be perceived 
that this large tract, and nearly all of the first that he pur- 
chased, lay within the John Brown gi-ant, and also within 
the Patent that the Plymouth Council had issued to Aids- 
worth and Elbridge." 

Phillips, soon after this, was driven olf by the Indians 
and went to Salem, where he died. ' But previous to his 
death, which took place Nov. 10, 1702, he sold to Rev. 
Christopher Tappan of Newbury, Mass., all the right, title 
and interest which he held in this Eastern country. His 
tdeed covers all the lands which he purchased of the 
Indians, forty years before. 

John Taylor who lived at Glidden's Point, laid claim to 



* This name was sometimes written Eldridge. Names in olden 
time were not always spelled con-ectly. 



THE king's grant TO HIS BROTHER JAMES. 49 

a tract of land, "four miles square" wholly within the 
bounds of that territory covered by Phillips' deeds. It is 
thus described by his son Isaac. "Beginning at the 
three Coves and running upon a straight • line into the 
Fresh Meadow to a parcel of land lying on the North side 
of Walter Phillips' cart path, so down to Meadow brook, 
to the parting of the brook to the West side of the 
meadow and so to the upland ; thence Northerly up along 
the upland to the head of the swamp to the tail of the 
Fresh pond, so running down to the Fresh Falls, down to 
the Salt Pond and so running down to the three coves 
aforesaid — all the Meadows and upland within said 
bounds." 

These bounds are easily traced. He started from the 
vicinity of the Brick Churcli^ — then pursued a Westerly 
course till he crossed the "Big Meadow" and reached the 
upland on the West side ; — then he ran a Northeasterly 
course till he struck the foot of Damariscotta Pond ; — 
then, following the Pond, he passed around to the Falls 
and so down to the first mentioned bound. 

On the 14th of June, 1659, Capt. Sylvanus Davis bought 
of John Cotter and Wittanois, Sagamores, 500 acres of 
land on the East side of the Damariscotta, bordering on 
Oyster river. Whether Davis ever resided there or not, is 
uncertain. The probability is, he did not. 



CHAPTEK IX. 



THE KING'S GEANT TO HIS BKOTHEK JAMES. 

In March 12, 1664, Charles granted to his brother James, 
Duke of York and Albany, all the Dutch territory upon the 



50 THE king's grant TO HIS BROTHER JAMES. 

river Hudson, inchiding Long Island, to which he gave the 
name of New York. In negotiating with his Lordship, 
the Duke became acquainted with the supposed Western 
limits of the Nova Scotia Province ; and finding no royal 
grant extant which covered the territory between St. 
Croix and Pemaquid, except those which were made when 
the New England grand patent was dissolved, and the 
twelve Royal Provinces were projected and assigned, 1635, 
he caused this region to be inserted in the charter to 
James. It had been called the County of Canada, and 
was intended for Sir Wm. Alexander, instead of Nova 
Scotia, which had been taken from him by the Govern- 
ment and ceded to France. 

In this charter, the domain is described as being, "All 
that part of the main land in New England, beginning at 
a place known by the name of St. Croix, next adjoining to 
New England ; thence extending along the seacoast to a 
place called Pemaquid, and up the river thereof to its 
farthest head, as it tendeth Northward ; thence at the 
nearest to the river Kennebeck ; and so upwards, by the 
shortest course, to the river Canada, northward."* 

This, besides being named "The Duke of York's prop- 
erty," has been called, "The Territory of Sagadahock ;" 
but the Duke's Agents called it "Newcastle," which was 
the same name as that given to the Southwestern ])ortion 
of his patent on the Delaware. It Avas also called "The 
Count}' of Cornwall." By his thus becoming the Territo- 
rial Proprietor of these two immense regions, New York 
and Sagadahock, the way was prepared for his appoint- 
ment to the office of Viceroy of the whole intermediate 
country. 

The Duke continued his claim to the territory of Saga- 
dahock about twenty-five years, until his abdication. 
Then it reverted to the crown of England. 



♦Williamson, vol. 1, p. 467. 



THE king's GEANT TO HIS BKOTHER JAMES. 51 

This was a gTeat encroachment upon the jurisdiction of 
Sir Thomas Temple, the Governor of Nova Scotia. 
Besides, if a line were drawn from the head of Pemaquid 
river westward to the Kennebeck, it would cross the Dam- 
ariscotta near the "Fresh Falls," and the Sheepscot not 
far from the "bend," and would terminate opposite to the 
lower end of Sw.m Island; Sheepscot however was 
included, and thus, the Eastern portion of the Plymouth 
claim above that place, would fall within the Duke's 
Patent. It also embraced the greater part of the Pem- 
aquid Patent, or Drowne claim ; nearly all the Brown 
claim, and some of the Tappan Right ; and the whole of 
the Muscongus patent to Beauchamp and Leverett. It 
was a strange mixing up of titles, and was meant to over- 
ride the claims of others to these immense estates.'^ 

The Dutch Colonists at New York were an object of 
dislike to the Duke, principally on account of religious 
sentiments ; and the king dispatched thither four frigates 
and BOO men to subdue them. Not being prepared to 
resist so formidable a force, or to repel so sudden and 
unexpected an attack, the Garrison surrendered the 27th 
of August. And Col. Nichols, the head of the expedition 
assumed the government of the Province under his Eoyal 
Highness. He ;ilso claimed the command of the territo- 
ries at the East. 

In order to settle controversies that were supposed to 
prevail throughout his wide domain — to bring offenders to 
justice, and to ascertain more perfectly the condition and 
feelings of his colonial subjects, the king on the 15th of 
April, appointed a commission and empoAvered them to 
hear and determine all complaints, appeals and other 
matters coming before them, whether civil or military. 
They must act according to their best ability and judg- 
ment and thus secure the peace and welfare of the country. 



* Williamson vol.l.p. 409. 



52 THE king's grant to his brother JAMES. 

The commissioners were Colonel Richard Nicliols, Sir 
Robert Carr, George Cartwiight and Samuel Mavei'ick. 

Their attention was first turned to matters in New 
York ; and having arranged them there, they turned their 
attention, and proceeded to Boston, where they weie 
received with open jealousy and strong opposition. Tliey 
all, except Nichols, came into Maine, but he turned ba/-k 
to New York. The}- united the towns ar.d plantations 
between Boston and Pisquataqua, made a short tarry in 
New Hampshire, and crossed the river into Kitterj-, about 
the middle of June, 1665. 

These Commissioners were strict Episcopalians and 
liigh-toned royalists. The people represented the various 
religions of the mother countries, and the principles of 
Democracy began to prevail among them. Hence the 
people became the objects of their aversion and fault find- 
ing ; and their mission, instead of being one of harmony 
and success was rather characterized by dissatisfaction and 
crimination, one of the other. 

At York, the commissioners tarried several days, and 
iindertook to form and establish the superstnu^turt^ of 
civil authority, throughout the Province. But thev showed 
little wisdom and manifested more regard to their <jwn 
bigotry and feelings than they did to the claims of Mass- 
achusetts or the people at large. Here the^^ apjxnnted as 
Justices of the Peace, Francis Champernoon and Robert 
Cutts of Kittery, Edward Riskworthand Edward Johnson 
of York, Samuel Wheelwright of Wells, Francis Hooke 
and William PhilHps of Saco, George Mountjoy of Casco, 
Henry Joscelyn of Blaekpoint, Robert Jordan of Rich- 
mond's Island, and John Wincoln of Newichawannock. 
These were to constitute a Court to hear and determine 
all causes civil and criminal, and to order all the affairs of 
the said Province for the peace and defence thereof. 
They must proceed as near as may be to the laws of 
England, and all the people must yield obedience to them. 



THE KING^S GEAT^T TO HIS BROTHEll JAMES. 53 

After spending about two months in creating govern- 
ment, and arranging affairs, principally at York, Scarbor- 
ough and Falmoutli, they proceeded to Sheepseot. A 
Court was first opened by them, Sept. the otli, at the 
dwelling house of John Mason who lived at ^'tlie town," 
not far Southerly from the Fort. They were now within 
the Duke's own Patent and Province, and the whole was 
under the administration of Governor Nichols, and there 
were no conflicting authorities or opposing jurisdictions, 
as they had everj'where found, since they had set their feet 
on Massachusetts soil. Walter Phillips of Damariscotta 
they appointed Clerk and Recorder. His Book was 
entitled : — 

"The Rolls of such Acts and Orders as passed the first 
'Sessions liolden in the Territories of his Highness, the 
Duke of York, on the Eastern and Southern side of Sag- 
adahock, and extending to Nova Scotia. Begun at the 
house of John Mason, on the river Sheepseot, Sept. 5tli, 
hi the seventeenth year of our Sovereign Lord the King, 
Anno Domini 1665." 

The entire territory they erected into a County and gave 
it the name of Cornwall. The Sheepseot Plantation they 
called Dartmouth or New Dartmouth, and they settled the 
line which sepjirated it from Pemaquid. 

They next summoned the inhabitants of the several set- 
tlements to appear and take the oath of allegiance to liis 
Majesty's government, within the Duke's Patent. Only 
twenty however answered to the call. These were, in Sag- 
adahock, William Friswell, Richard Hammond, Nicliolas 
Raynal, JoJin Miller, Robert Morgan, Thorn is Parker, 
Marcus Parsons, Thomas Watkins and John White. In 
Sheepseot, Wm. Dole, Wm. Dyer, Est]., Christopher l)yer, 
Nathaniel Draper, Thomas Gent, Wm. James, William 
Markes, John Mason, Thomas Mercer, Moses Pike, 
Andrew Stalger. In Damariscotta, Walter Phillips, Clerk, 
Robert Scott, John Taylor, John White. In Peinaqniel, 



•)4 THE king's grant TO IJIS BROTHEE JAMES, 

Thomas Aldridge, Edmund Arrowsmith, George Buckland„ 
Henry Champness, Thomas Gardiner, 

These Avere but a small portion of the inhabitaids of 
those places, but they were a sufficient number to answer 
the purposes of the Commissioners at the present time. 
More would be added to the number afterwards. They 
commenced the construction of the First Civil Govern- 
ment that had ever been attempted in these parts. It was 
a memorable era in their existence. Though each settle- 
ment had its own distinctive inhabitants and institutions, 
yet they were all associated together. Sheepscot was the 
County Seat. As officers, these Commissioners appointed 
a Chief Constable, three Magistrates or Justices of the 
Peace, and a Recorder. The Justices were, Nicholas 
Raynal, or Raynolds of Sagadahock, Thomas Gardiner of 
Pemaquid, and William Dyer of Dartmouth. The Gov- 
ernment was of course defective, and no intimations were 
given of popular sovereignty. The people were cot allowed 
to select aiid vote for officers, but they were all appointees 
of the Ch'own. The Commissioners Avere Eoyalists, and 
they Avere as opposed to the principles of Democracy as 
their Master Avho had sent them. The oath they required 
v)f the Justices is as follows : 

"You as Justice of the Peace do swear, that you Avill do 
(■(jual right to the poor and rich, after the hiAvs and 
customs of England, according to your cunning and poAver. 
You shall not be of counsel to any party. You shall not 
let or hinder for gift or other cause, but Avell and tndy you 
shall do your office of Justice of the Peace." 

Three Justices, Henry Joscelyn of Blackpoint, Robert 
Jordan of Richmond's Island and George Mountjoy of 
Falmouth who were assisted by the preceding three, were 
constituted a Court and directed to hold sessions for the 
trial of all causes, till further order. In trying any cause, 
civil, ecclesiastical or criminal, if the Justices Avere divided 
hi opinion, the Chief Justice, Henry Joscelyn, was entitled 



THE KING S GRANT TO HIS BROTHEIJ .lAMER. 5.) 

to a double vote. This would settle the question ; and 
from it, there appears to have been no appeal. The Chief 
Justice had the power of ap])ointing deputies. 

These commissioners, born and bred under aristocratic 
institutions, and not being acquainted with the necessities 
and circumstances of the people, were poorly qualified to 
legislate for them. "No provision was made for legisla- 
tion, trials by jury, military defence, taxation or the educa- 
tion of'youth." And yet they established a Government, 
such as it was, and in this the people rejoiced ; for before 
this, each one did pretty much as it seemed good to him. 

As respects religion, "it is said the Commissioners estab- 
lished the form of an ecclesiastical constitution., which 
though cast in an Episcopal mould, was remarkable for its 
simplicity and liberal principles." The inhabitants were 
fissured that they should not be disturbed in their posses- 
sions and rights. But suitable provision was not made for 
the redress of wrongs ; and in all conveyances, the policy 
Avas established of encumbering the people and their hinds 
Avith quit-rents. 

Difficulties being feared by the inhabitants with the 
Indians, on account of the disparity of numbers, the Com- 
missioners were induced to negotiate a treaty with the 
Sagamore, by Avhich it was stipulated, that if any mischief 
should be done, either by the English or Indians, redress 
should be sought at the Courts, if an Indian were the suf- 
ferer and of the Sagamores, if the English were damaged. 
And they should never, on either side, seek reveug!> bv 
acts of hostility. This was a judicious pi-ocedure, and, if 
properly observed, would have been a complete preventive 
of bloodshed. 

The Sheepscot Records were sometimes called "Records 
of Eastern claims of lands." The}'' were commenced by 
Walter Phillips Sept. 5th, 1665, and were continued till the 
breaking up of the settlement by the Indians, a period of 
about fifteen years. They contained a registry of Grants 



5i) KING Phillip's war. 

under the Duke, and of Indian deeds and other convey- 
ances. When PhilHps left the country, he took the book 
with him^ and deposited it in the Secretary's office in. 
Boston. There it remained until it was lost. This was- 
supposed to be in 1748, when the Boston Court house was 
burnt. The Book was considered as of gi'eat authority. 
Its loss has been severely felt. 

Early in October, the Commissionei's left the place and 
returned to York. But the Government they estal)lished- 
was short in its duration, for in 1689, James abdicated the 
Crown, and his American possessions reverted to the orig- 
inal Claimant. 



CHAPTEE X, 



KING PHILLIP'S WAR, 

We now come to a new chapter. A ditferent order of 
things is to intervene. Instead of inlustry, order, peace, 
prosperity, home enjoyments and domestic bliss, there 
arises the dark storm of war, bloodshed, separation, losses, 
captivities, fire, savage wrath and death ! The settlement 
had enjoyed more than fifty years of trancjuility and suc- 
cess ; and it had gTown from a small beginning to be a 
population of some hundreds of souls ; and it had all the 
elements of stability and gi-eatness. Forests had been 
leveled, lands cleared, harvests were abundant, fisheries 
were prosecuted, streets laid out, roads cut and made 
passable in the wilderness, houses were built, mills erected, 
and a profitaljle trade had sprung up between this and 
surrounding parts. It was designed to become the crown 



KING Phillip's war. 57 

of the Duke of York's possessions ; for here he had his 
County Seat ; and in this, it claimed precedence of his 
other Eastern Colonies, including that of Pemaquid. 

Ill-feeHng had sprung up between the colonists in Mass- 
achusetts and some parts of Maine, and the Indians. 
Samoset was dead, but Phillip was upon the stage of 
action. He was a powerful and warlike chief. His name 
was a tower of strength, and his presence which gave 
encouragement to his friends, was an occasion of fear to 
all his foes. Hostilities first broke out in the Colony at 
Plymouth, June 24, 1675,— just one hundred years before 
our Revolution commenced. The fire was kindled— the 
flames began to spread ; and in twenty days it reached 
these "Eastern parts, though distant 250 miles." The 
Indians complained of injustice done them — that the 
English had made encroachments upon their lands, and in 
many instances had not paid for them — that they had 
defrauded them in trade, and that they had taken some 
of their people captives who had never been returned. 
Jealousy, too, of the increasing power of the EngHsh, and 
a fear of their own utter extinction, operated on their 
minds, and savage vengeance became aroused to an . Imost 
uncontrollable pitch. 

There were those however who undertook to allay the 
storm of war, and calm the tumultuous passions of the 
heathen : and in this, they were partially successful. 
Abraham Shurte of Pemaquid, and Major Waldron of 
Cocheco (Dover, N. H.) performed a good work, in this 
respect; but others, equally injudicious, urged on the 
strife that had begun ; and soon, war had taken the place 
of peace, and the sword, not wise counsels, was uplifted to 
settle the differences at issue. 

Efforts were made to take from the Indians, their guns 
and ammunition ; and in this they were partially success- 
ful. A Mr. AValker, a trader at Sheepscot, induced a part 
of the Indians about him to deliver up their arms and 



58 KING Phillip's war. 

knives ; and othois, iu otlifir places, did the same. Still 
the war spirit oidj slumbered and was ready to be aroused 
on the slightest occasion. An unfortunate occurrence to.ok 
place, at this time, in the river Saco. Some English 
sailors, one day, overtook a canoe with a mother and child 
in it. The sailors had believed, or professed to, along 
with others, that an Indian child could not be drowned ; 
but if thrown overboard, would swim as readily as a duck. 
Sportively they upset the canoe. The mother could swim, 
but tlie child sank to the bottom. Diving, she brought it 
up alive, but it soon sickened and died — from exposure at 
that time. The husband and father was the far famed 
Indian chief, Squando. His resentment was aroused ; the 
dame of his passion kindled ; and from that hour, he 
became the implacable foe of the intruders. All his arts 
and influence were used to stir up the Indians to fresh 
acts of hostility. 

There was one Thomas Purchas who lived at the head 
of Steven's (New Meadows) river, about six miles from 
BrunsAvick, and had traded with the Indians thirty or 
forty years. He had acquired a large estate, but they en- 
tertained a strong aversion to him. He had sought to 
secure their friendship ; and in 1639, had put himself and 
possessions under the protection of Massachusetts; but he 
was destined to be the earliest sufferer in the war. 

The savages became troublesouie. They began to skulk 
around, waylay the English and fire upon them Avhen 
alone and in small companies. AVilliam Dyer was mowing 
upon his marsh — now owned by Amos Flye and op])osite 
to the Marsh Bridge — and as he turned to mow a return- 
ing swath, an Indian who had contrived to creep near 
enough, fired, and the- mower fell. He was a large, stout 
man, and his death threw his family and the colony at 
Slieepscot into gloom. 

On the 4tli or 5tli of September, 1(175, when Purchas 
and his sons were absent from home, a party of twenty 



KING Phillip's war. 59 

Indians, among wliom were several hostages that had a 
short time before escaped from the hands of the Enghsh, 
came to his residence and began conversation with his 
wife, as though they wished to trade. But as soon as they 
ascertained that the husband and sons were absent, they 
threw off their disguise and hastened to • rob the house. 
They took such weapons, ammunition, etc., as were at 
hand, drank Hquor, killed a calf and several sheep at the 
door and made themselves merry with ti^e booty. At this 
time, one son of Purchas returned home on horseback 
who became an eye witness of the scene. It was not safe 
for him to interpose ; he turned and fled, being closely 
pursued a hundred rods by a swift-footed Indian, with a 
gun concealed under his blanket. The Indians offered no 
personal violence to the people who were in the house, but 
left by saving, "Others would come and treat them worse." 

On the 12th of September, the house of Thomas 
Wakely, an old man, who lived in Falmouth, on the Pre- 
sumpscot river, was attacked. The most of this family and 
others were murdered, and the house committed to the 
flames. 

The Indians, having shed the first blood in the war, and 
thus virtually begun it, dispersed themselves in small 
bodies over the country, from Piscataqua to Pemaquid. 
They began the work of robbery and murder, and fell witli 
a relentless hand, upon the foe, wherever chance offered 
them the least hope of success. The Enghsh, on the 
other hand, were not asleep. They turned their attention 
to the places first attacked. A party of twenty-five, in a 
sloop and two boats, was despatched to the head of 
Steven's or New Meadows river, near where Purchas lived. 
There they found an equal or greater number of Indians 
rifling the houses of the settlers. In their attempt to 
occupy the ground between the savages and the woods, 
they aroused three spies ; one running towards the river, 
was shot to the ground ; another, wounded, fled across a 



(50 KING Phillip's wai;. 

branch of water in a canoe ; and the third, unhurt, escaped 
to the woods, raising an alarm. Yet the Indians, instead 
of flying or advancing, skulked in ambush and watched 
the movements of the English who commenced gathering 
their corn and loading their boats. Suddenly the war 
whoop rings through the forest ! the savages rush forward, 
drove the English, wounding several of them, and carried 
off the boats laden with corn, with their infernal and tri- 
umphant shouts. It was an unfortunate affair for the 
English, and emboldened the savages to new acts of dar- 
ing and revenge. 

The next season the war was renewed, and the Indians 
moved Eastward in their diabolical attacks. Richard 
Hammond who had sworn fealty to the Duke, had built him 
a house and fortification at Stinson's point in Arrowsick. 

On the IStli of August, 1676, an attack was made here. 
Hammond had been a trader with the Indians and they 
had complained of his cheating them. Once, they said, he 
had filled them with strong drink and taken away their 
furs. Hammond was slain by them and his house set on 
lire, which was soon a heap of ashes. Two olhers, Samuel 
Smith and Joshua Grant, were killed, and sixteen persons 
taken captives. A ^oung girl present, on the first of the 
fracas, attempted to run a^a}" ; but an Indian following 
her, soon brought her back, telling her she had nothing to 
fear. Still more frightened than at first, she started again, 
eluded their watch and travelled fifteen miles through the 
woods to Sheepscot, and related to them the story of what 
had happened. They saw their danger and made haste 
their departure. 

After the destruction of Hammond's establishment at 
Stinson's point, the Indians divided into two parties. One 
party ascended the river and took into custody Francis 
Card and his family ; the other proceeded to the Southern 
part of Arrowsick, and soon, by stratagem, and blows, 
accomplished the ruin of that fortress and flourishing 
settlement. 



KING PHILLIP S WAR. 61 

The inhabitants to the Eastward of Arrowsick, now 
became so much dismayecl, that the^' dared no longer remain 
in their own houses. The people at Sheepscot, listening 
to the story of the girl that had escaped, left their hab- 
itations, and fled to the fort at Cape Newaggan. Their 
houses were soon consumed, and their property became 
the booty of the savage foe. The people of Pemaquid 
fled on board their vessels; but being unal)le to reach 
Monhegan on account of adverse winds, they landed upon 
Dajnariscove. Here thej^ met Messrs. Callicot and Wis- 
wall from Casco and Arrowsick, and for two days they 
labored to construct a fortification. This was onh' tem- 
porary ; for as soon as the wind favored them, the two 
western gentlemen sailed for Boston, while the rest pro- 
ceeded to Monhegan. They remained here long enough 
to see their village on shore destroyed ; and expecting no 
help from Boston, they sailed in difterent directions ; some 
to that town, others to Salem ; and a company of them 
landed at Piscataqua. 

Those who had sought refuge ;it Cape Newaggan, were 
obliged to flee. And in one month, 1676, "fifteen leagues 
to the Eastward of Casco Neck, were laid waste. The 
inhabitants Avere either massacred, carried into captivity, 
or driven to the Islands and remoter places, and the set- 
tlements abandoned or in ruins." The w^ork of years was 
wasted ; money had been expended, labor performed and 
hardships endured. The seed had been planted, but 
before the crop had matured, the inhabitants were driven 
away, and the work performed seemed utterly in vain. 
About 260 persons, Eastward of Piscataqua were known 
to have been killed, or carried into a captivity, from which 
they never returned. Numbers were severely wounded 
who survived ; and an hundred and fifty or more, at diff'er- 
ent times were made captives, that were afterwards 
released. The dwelling houses and other buihlings gener- 
all}' to the Eastward of (^apc Neddock, wove reduced to 



62 KING PHILLIPS WAR. 

iislies. Possessions were laid waste, cattle and fowls were 
destroyed, hogs and sheep went with the rest ; and a vast 
amount of propeity was either plundei'ed or destroyed. 
The cost of the war in Maine to^ the Colonial Government 
was £8,000 besides incidental losses. 

This was the first Indian war,, sometimes called Phillip's 
war and continued from June 24th, 1675, to April l'2th, 
1678, when peace was ratified at Casco, thus continuini^; 
two years,, eight mouths and eighteen days. It was a 
terrible ordeal. The country was in its infancy ,' blood 
was its baptism, its cradling sufterings, and woe the experi- 
ence of its childhood. 

One informant states that when King Phillip's war 
broke out, one of the settlers had "indented w-ith several 
persons in Boston to build them a ship at Sheepscot 
River two or three leagues Eiist of the Kennebeck ; where, 
having launched the ship, he also pro\dded a lading of 
lumber to bring with him which would have been to the 
advantage of all concerned. But just as the ship was 
hardly finished, the barbarous Indians, on that river, broke 
into an open and cruel war upon the English, and the mis- 
erable people surprised by so sudden a storm of blood, 
had no refuge from the infidels, but the ship now finishing 
in the harbor. Whereupon he left his intended lading 
behind him^ and instead thereof, carried with him his old 
neighbors and their families, free of all charges to Boston ; 
so the first action that he did after he was his own man, 
was to save his father's house with the rest of the neigh- 
bourhood from ruin "; but the disappointment which befel 
him from his other lading, [)lungod his afiairs into gi'eater 
embarrassment with such as had employed him." 

Sheepscot was destroyed September, 1676, and peace 
was ratified in 1678. Audros was deposed in 1689. Of 
the effect of the war, he says, "Upon the insurrection of 
Pemaquid, the forces being withdrawn and only 18 of the 
standing company left in the garrison, the fort is since 



BETITEN OF EMKtHATlON. 00 

Itaken by the French and Indians and the country 
destroyed." Of the fort of Newcastle, he says, "Most of 
the men drawn off and others debarked, they saved their 
officer and carried hiin prisoner to Boston and thereu]X)iit 
the fort was deserted." 



CHAPTER XI 



RETURN OF EMIGRATION. 

As soon as the wars were ended, difficnlties composed 
and arrangements coukl be made, emigration began to 
res^ert to its former condition and phice. Many who had 
fled during the fiery heat of battle, became settled in other 
parts, and never returned. Others came back again, and 
brought friends and settlers with them. There was liow- 
•ever much dispute about titles. Some sold out their 
rights ; estates that were abandoned, found new claimants ; 
and mortgages, and Indian titles, and other sales, passed 
under a severe scrutiny. 

Those who returned, desired Grants from the highest 
authority, that they might remain peaceably and undis- 
turbed, in their possession. 'And in April, 1682, they 
obtained a Grant"^' from Hemy Joscelyu, Esq., one of the 
Duke's Agents, for a tract of land for the township of 
New Dartmouth. In the former settlement the bounds of 
this town were restricted on the West, b}' the Shecpscot 
river ; but their settlement extended OA^er on the other 
side of the river, u])on what is now Alna. Resides, Mason 



Pemii<{iud Papers p. 95. Sullivan pp. 144 A 148. 



64 IlETUKN OF EMIGKATION, 

Hud Manning's purchase, 12,000 acres extended on tlit' 
South to the sea. John Richards^ 1649, had settled on 
the upper end of Jeremysquam and purchased it of Robin- 
hood ; and George Davie, 1663, had purchased Wiscasset 
of Vicliodehant, Dick Swash and the other Sheepscot Sag- 
amores, and had commenced a phintation there. It was 
therefore convenient t\>r the planters at Sheepscot, as well 
as for those who lived more remote, not only to bring all 
these residents into one township, but to control the entire 
Sheepscot waters, both the "Fore" and the "Back" rivers. 
Therefore they sought and obtained from Joscelyn a Grant, 
of the following liberal and enlarged dominions of New- 
Dartmouth. 

"On y* South to y' Sea ; On y' North to y" Country ; On 
y" East with y* River known by y* name of Damaras 
Cotte, as also with y" ffresh Pond, at y'' head of Said River, 
and so into y^ Country ; and on y* West bounding upon 
y* Great Island of Saccadahoc, and so through Batesman's 
Gutt into y*" Sea South and by West; and also Upward 
from Batesman's Gutt Into y* Country to y* Great falles, 
and from thence to Great Monsiocage ifales ; and from 
thence a north and by West lyne into y* Country as pr 
Piatt will appear." 

Edward Bateman and John Brown, 1654, bought of 
Robinhood the present town of Woolwich.* The island 
that is now called Georgetown was called Sagadahock.t 
Bateman's Gutt was the narrow passage that extended 
from the Kennebec to the Sheepscot river including the 
"Hurl" gate. Monsiocage, I understand to be Mont- 
sweag. The boundaries of this tract then become plain. 
The Atlantic ocean on the South ; Damariscotta river and 
Damariscotta pond on the East ; the North indefinite : 
with the "Great Island of Saccadahoc" and Woolwich on 



* Sullivan p. 145. 

tArrowsick Island was granted to John West. Pern. Papers}). 
125. 



RETURN OF EMIGRATION. 65 

the West ; the Western line running from the mouth of 
the Sheepscot river up through the "Great Hurl gate" ; 
thence to Montsweag river, u]) that stream and falls, and 
thence into the country indefinite. So that New Dart- 
mouth was designed to include Newcastle, Edgecomb, 
Eoothba}-, Southport, Westport, Wiscasset, Alna and the 
wilderness North. Sheepscot was the Capital and the)' 
wished to make it the port of Entry. 

On the 21st of April, 1684, they petition the authorities 
at New York to have these boundaries and Grant of 
Joscelyn confirmed to them ; and also that they might be 
exempted from the interference of troublesome persons 
who have come in to disturb them in their possessions. 
They say, "We do also further presume and make bold to 
acquaint your Honor, that w^e are disturbed by people that 
come here to claim lands by form, and pretended rights. 
Capt. Elisha Hutchinson of Boston hath been in these 
parts, and gives out severe threatening that he will come 
and take away our land whereon our Town stands ; and 
several others do threaten likewise and say, that they have 
inore right to show, than we have, to our lands ; — There- 
fore we desire that your Honor will consider us, that we 
nuiy have assurance of our lands, and that no such pre- 
tenders, or old Mortgages that were made before the wars 
with the heathens, may be preceded against us ; if they 
should, it would danmify and utterly break up our Town. 
Oapt. Hutchinson says, that he must have us become his 
tenants ; or otherwise we shall not live here." 

The petition also complains of the troublesome inter- 
ference of Capt. Nicholas Manning ; and it says, that 
unless these troubles are composed, immigration will be 
hindered, if not utterly cease. The petition was signed 
by Robert R. Foot, Thomas Gent, William Lover ing, 
Caleb Ray, Thomas Gyles, Esq., Ehhu Gunnison, Esq., 
Richard Pain, Mast Maker and Purfar for his Majesty's 
use in England, and James Cooke, Marini-r. 



()6 RETURN OF EMICIIATIOX. 

The petition was received and referred, "until the Gov- 
ernor go to Pemaquid." 

At the same time A[)ril 21, 1684, John Alleyn and 
seventeen others sent in a petition to Governor Dungan, 
t>raying that Slieepscot might be made a port of entry. 
Pemaquid was the only place, at that time, appointed for 
the entering and clearance of vessels ; and it was incon- 
venient for vessels bound to other places to be always 
obliged to enter and clear it this port. They say "at New 
Dartmouth in Ships Gutt river ar considderable iuliab- 
bitance and many more Coming and promising a Consider- 
able trad of shiping ffor maste and Lumber." And they 
farther state that this town, as well as "Sacadyhoeke in 
Kenybeck river," have been at "Considerable charge" in 
"Erickting oi a fforte at Each place for Security." 

This petition was also referred "untill the Governor go 
to Pemaquid and both given back to Mr. Gyles Goddard'" 
who pre.^euted them. 

On the 'M)t\i of August, 1682, the following individuals. 
John Alleyn, Thomas Gent, Christopher Dyer, Thomas 
Messer, liobert. Scott, William Lowering, John White. 
Daniel Gent, William Willcutt, John Browne, John Dyer; 
Caleb Ra}', Elizabeth Phips, and David Ransford, met at 
the house of Mr. Robert Gibbers, at Fort Hill, in Boston, 
for the |)ur])ose of forming an Association, for the re-set- 
tlement at New Dartmouth, Slieepscot. They say, "That 
whereas tliere was a neck of Land Survaide and a Towne 
Laid out iq>ou the saidnecke, GeueralW knowne and calleil 
by y* nMiiie of Ma.son & Jewett's neck, lieing and beeing in 
Shipscutte l^iver and a towneship bounded to y^ said 
towne ; tlie ftburth Day of July Extant by Sq* Joslinge. 
Justis in ( 'Oiiieni with severall other of y*" iformer Inhal)- 
itance of snid River, in company with the said justis as 
Afforesaid ; tlierefore it was thought nessicary and con- 
venient tt'or the propi)igating and Beneffit of said towne 
and tow iK'sliij), iuid ffor y*" privileges theirof to call this 



RETURN OF EMIGRATION. 67 

Meeting where was Mett severall of y forinev proprietors 
and Inhabitance with their Associatts whose names are 
underneath subscribed who did jointly bind themselves to 
stand to severall Articles of Agreement ffor the setteling 
and Sittuating of said towne and towneshipe ffor j" good 
and Bennifishall Advancement theirof ; theirfor, to that 
purpose, this Covenant and Agreement is Drawne and is 
Affearmed with y*' hand and seale of Every person heare 
present." Then follows the Articles. 

The first requires that every former inhabitant, propri- 
<^tor and owner of any lands, and Meadows, salt and fresh, 
with all their former privileges, rights or titles, in anywise 
whatsoever of their former rights into the foresaid town- 
ship for the future good and benefit thereof, must and 
shall be thrown into said township, the fruit trees, barns, 
housing and fencing stuff onl}' excepted ; but all other 
privileges of any person or persons whatsoever, must and 
shall belong to said township, as above specified. 

The second requires, that every person intending to 
become an inhabitant of the place, must repair thither 
and commence operations on or before the 29th day of 
September, 1683. This gave them one year to move in ; 
and unless they were there at that date, they would lose 
all their rights and titles to an}^ part of said town or town- 
ship, excepting in the case of the children of proprietors 
who were apprentices and those that were not of age. 

The third is worthy of the men, the age and the place. 
It contains the true Democratic principle, and shows that 
the}' well understood that Religion and the Ministr}- must 
give permanency and success to States and Civil Institu- 
tions. It shall be given entire and in their own Rhetoric 
and Chirography. "Itts ffurther Agreed tluit their shall 
bee a speshal & speedy order taken that their may be a 
Conveniante [)lace as a tract of Land Laid out for a Min- 
istree, with a Conveniant place to sett a meeting house to 
y* best advantage for y*" towne A' also that wee may have a 



68 RETUEN OF F.MIGEATION. 

minister of our owne ffree choyce & such a man as 
y" Magcr part of y" towne shall Like and Approve of ffor 
that End." 

The fourth declares, that the settlers shall have leave to 
lay out and bound their home lots, but no person shall cut 
and carry away any timber, spars, fencing stuff, thatch or 
any other merchandize, out of the town, without the 
license and approval of the inhabitants. 

The fifth relates to their "out divisions," where everv 
man's lot shall be equally divided, and every man shall 
have equal proportions in the uplands and meadows l)()th 
fresh and salt. 

Sixth. It is further agreed that every man both house- 
keepers and single persons, at the age of sixteen years, 
must and shall provide three pounds of good powder, with 
twelve pounds of lead, bullet and swan shot, for a town 
store ; and also to keep a good firelock, musket or fowling 
gun all to be ready for a sto(tk, to prevent the heathen, or 
a foreign invasion, and to have tAvo sufiicient men chosen 
for that (Mid, to see every man provided, according to 
order. 

The seventh requires them to ert'ct their houses and 
buildings in the town and not in the township. This was 
according to the ancient plan and for social enjoyment, 
but more especially for mutual defence. 

The eighth allowed the shipment of produce without the 
payment of duties or customs. 

The ninth allowed the children of former proprietors to 
come into the place and settle without the payment of 
"sumi)tion money or any gratuity whatsoever." 



PALMER AND WEST. 09 



(HAP TEE XI I. 



PALMER AND WEST. 

Sir Edmund Andros was ducal Governor of New York 
and Sagadahock from 1674 to 1682, a period of eight 
years. Charles II was then on the throne. He was a 
man stubborn in his temper, imperious in mamier and in 
his polities. At the end of that time, he was removed, 
and in .August 1688, Col. Thomas Dungan was appointed 
in his stead. Feb. 16th, 1685, Charles died, and James, 
his brother, the Duke of York, ascended to the throne. 
Dungan, having received his appointment from. James 
Avhile Duke, held over after he was crowned king. 

The atiairs in this Eastern province Avere exceedingly 
disarranged. Aibitrary measures were pursued ; evil dis- 
posed persons were not brought to justice ; and those who 
had returned and re-possessed their lands, were threatened 
with ejectment, and were obliged to submit to exactions, 
that made their situation one of embarrassment and con- 
stant perplexity. It was this that called forth the petition 
of John Alleyn and others to Geo. Dungan in 1684, and 
of Robert Foot and others, and which were returned, and 
promised to be considered, when the Governor should go 
to Pemaquid. 

But it appears, that instead of going there himself, he, 
in 1686, sent two commissioners there for that purpose. 
These were John Palmer, one of the council of his Maj- 
esty's plantation and colony of New York, and John AVest. 
one of his partisans and favorites, ])otli of whom were eager 
for wealtli and distinction. They were invested with plen- 
ary power ami were stmt into the province. Tliey reaclunl 



70 PALMEII AN]) WKsr. 

Pemaquid early in the suiumer of 1(18(5. The t'oinier 
inhabitants had mostly returned to their late places of 
abode which had been forsaken dnrin<jj Phillip's war ; and 
Abraham Shiirte, Esq., a man of integrity, was exereisinj;" 
the office of Clerk of the Plantation. They visited New 
Dartmouth, Bheepscot and other settlements and islands. 
The former county lines were acknowledged; and the 
name of Cornwall given to it \)\ the Dukes comnjissioners 
in KiGo, was continued. 

They next proceeded tt) regrant or confirn) the lands to 
former settlers, and to other claimants and possessors. In 
those transactions the}- were guilty of the most mean and 
cruel avarice. They were, as Cotton Mather, says : "as 
aibitrary as the Grand Turk." The poor were oppressed, 
and the peojjle generally, felt the weight of their unrelenting 
hands. In the single town of New Dartmouth, it is said, 
they executed about 14(i leaseholds, reserving, for every- 
one hundred acre lot, an annual quit-rent of five shillings, 
or a bushel of merchantal)le wheat. The several tracts so 
leased to individuals, were generally intended to contaiji 
only 100 acres; jet some were alloAved only hoiise lots of 
three or four acres. And for executing any leasehold of 
one hundred acres of upland and twenty of marsh, they 
demanded the enormous fees of £2,100 ; and probably foi- 
less or larger quantities, a ])roportionate sum." 

Tliey made ample provisions for themselves, surveAing 
for each other 10,000 acres ; and for the Attorney General 
of Massachusetts, Mr. Graham and some others, they set 
apart, and gave six, and in some instances, even eight 
thousand acres. From the main, they went to the islands ; 
and even John Dalling, an old inhabitant of Monhegan. 
only retained his homestead, by taking a leasehold from 
these men. 

Their "surveys " will be introduced by a petition for a 



* Williamson, v. i, p. 582. 



paIjMer and west. 71 

survey and also the power under which they were made. 

"To the honored Capt. John Pahner, Esq., one of the 
Judges of his Majesty's Colony of New York & Albany 
A'c, And Chief commissioner ffrom the Kight honored Col- 
onell Thomas Dungan, for the ordiing and Settling these 
Eastern parts of his majesty's Colony at Pemaquid & 
The petition of Caleb Ray 
humbly Sheweth, 

Whereas ; your honour, Peticoner being an Inhabitant 
in the Towne of Sheepscot humbly Requests Your honor 
to grant that he may have one hundred Acres of land 
lying and being on the neck of land Commonly Called 
Long Neck, butting on the Eastward side of the Creek to 
y^ East Side of the towne and soe Ranging East ; to ; the 
Avest side of a Creek Commonly Called Mill Creek ; or 
Allen's fifalls' Creek Together with ; accomodation ; of ; 
meadow adjoyning to it. 

Your honor Peticoner therefoi-e hu-nbly Dssires the Grant 
of the abovesaid Land and meadow, and order that it may 
be Speedily laid out by the Surveyor in order ; Your 
Peticoner may have a Patent for the Same and he as in 
Duty bound Shall Ever pray Arc." 

On the back of this petition, was written, "Peticon of 
Caleb Raye for 100 acres of Land on the Great Necke.'" 

Underneath this was written, "Granted." 

The petition shows a sufficiently humble spirit on the 
one hand, and a haughty one, on the other. In trutli. 
"The Honored Capt John Palmer, Esq., one of the Judges 
of his Majestie's Colony of New Yorke & Albany, and 
Commissioner from the Right Honorable Thomas Duncan, 
etc.," could. only be approached by such humble men as 
Caleb Raye and his co-partners, the tillers of the soil, 
with hat in hand, and "with your leave, Sir." 

There were then three papers to be signed and to be 
paid for:— 1, The Petition; 2, The Survey; 8, The 
Patent or Deed. A very convenient, but most arbitrary 



72 PALMER AND WEST. 

way, to tilcli money, or its equivalent in produce, from tlu- 
pockets of those, who, when they returned home from the 
office of these Dignitaries, were obhged to hear their own 
children cry for bread which they might not be able to 
]Hovide for them. 

The second paper which I shall here introduce, and 
which I have termed No. II, is a "survey," answering to 
the Petition above inserted. This was pul)lisked in the 1\ 
vol. of the Maine Historical Collections, page 225. The 
Petition itself was not dated. This "Survey" bears date, 
Aug. If), 1G86, and reads as follows : 

"By vertue of an Order fiVom \'' lionored John Palmer, 
Esq.; one of y" (younsell ; in the Colony of New York and 
Commissioner fibr the Granting of Lands in y" County of 
Cornwall & in y" sd County I have Survayed & Laid out 
tfor Caleb Ptaye a Sertayne Tracte or parcell ( f Land 
within the bounds of New Dartmouth on the Great necke 
Contayning one hundred & one Acres tt: one hundred 
;ind ffort}^ poles. Beginning at a Sertayne poynt or Islet 
tformerly Called Cole's Islet ; and ft'roni thence Ilanngiug 
Easterly a Lounge y Water Side to a lied ; oake tree 
Marked one ifoare sides & from thence East South East ; 
Cross y*" sd ; necke to a white oake Standing by the Mill 
Creeke Marked one ffore Sides cV tiVom thence Northerly a 
Lounge y* sd Mill Creeke ffifty ffive poles, to another whit 
oake Marked one ffoare sides; t't ifroni thence west nortli 
west Cross y" sd ; neck a gayne three hundred poles ; to .i 
Stake Sett by y*" side of a Cove ; & tfrom thence a Lounge 
y'= sd Cove to y' poynt of y^ Islett Aiibresd ; fifty-three 
])oles ; & allso ; twenty Accres of Meadowe Lying on 
y" west Side of y' Eiver yt goeth to y' Mille beegining att 
the y' whit oake Aifbresd standing by y*" Mille Creeke 
l)eeing y'' Southerly or Southwesternmost bounds of his 
upland there and ft'rom thence Southerly a Tjonge y'" sd 
shoare to a Stake by the Pviver sid ; & fltVom tlu.mce uor- 
uorth west to a whit oake standing one y'" E.idge i>f the 



PALMER AND WEST. 73 

upland Marked one ffoare sids ; & ffrora thence to y^ sd 
white oak tiee where itt bee^anne. performed ye ; 16 ; Day 
of Angst 1686. allso a dul^le house Lott in the town Aioyning 
& Lying to y*" northward of Samuel Boles his house Lott 
contayning y** quantity of Seventeen poles & eight ffoutt 
ffronting to the king's highway ffrom thence Easterly 
thirty fore poles to the Cove S: alounge by y* sid of sd 
Cove seventeen poles & Eight ffootte Reare northerly up 
y'" Said Cove which Contaynes two Accres and Seventy 
ffive poles ; ye whole beeing performed Angst y* ; 16 ; Day ; 
1686." 

signed "Nich. Manning. 

Surveyor." 

These boundaries are easily traced. He commenced at 
what is now called "Weare Islands," owned I believe by 
James Preble, and followed the shore round, past the late 
Hartley Nickel's brickyard, and then took as a starting 
point, a red oak tree marked on four sides. Then he 
struck across the neck, through land probably now owned 
by AVm. Gray and Robert Kennedy, and reached a point 
on Mill creek near Shattuck's Mill dam. The bound was 
a white oak marked on four sides. Then be ranged up 
the creek fifty-live rods to another white oak and made 
that his Eastern bound. Then he vstruck back again, west 
north west, three hundred rods, to a stake which he set by 
the side of the cove that lies to the South of Sheepscot 
Meeting house. From thence he travelled south till he 
reached the first mentioned bound. The trees and the 
stake standing in his day, have all passed awa}- ; but the 
natural boundaries continue, and will remain the same, till 
the end of time. His marsh or "meadow" butted his land 
on the st)uthern corner, and is the same that is now owned 
by Robert Kennedy and others. It lies next below 
Shattuck's Mill dam on the western side of the stream. 

The dou})le house lot lay on the western side of the 
cove which was the Western Boundary of his hundred 



74 PALMER AND WEST. 

acre lot. It extended from the Cove to the King's high- 
way and was in a part of the field afterwards owned by 
the late Henry Cargill's heirs. It nia}^ have included the 
brickyard. 

On the back of the above survey, in a different hand 
writing, was the following, "Survey of land for Caleb Kaye 
to be patented." Underneath was written the word "ffact"; 
performed. 

They then surveyed a lot next North of this for William 
Willcot of 100 acres. The third lot was for George Spear. 
The fourth lot was for Thomas Gh"ent. This included the 
homestead of his mother, Madam Gent. The fifth lot was 
for James Marston. 

From their fees, taken from a distressed and enterprising 
people, they realized at least five or six hundred pounds 
sterling ; and those who were in the interest of the com- 
missioners, excited among the timid settlers, the fear of 
being ejected from their homes, if the}^ delayed to take 
their deeds and pay the fees. But although lands were 
surveyed, and patents allowed, and fees also paid, no title 
was in fact derived by the leaseholders from these proceed- 
ings. For Indian deeds, or the Grant under Elbridge and 
Aldsworth prevailed against them. 

In the prosecution of their trust, Palmer and West weie 
directed to lay claim to the country as far East as the St. 
Croix river. This was the limit of the Duke's patent ; and 
they commenced to exercise over this immense tract, the 
prerogatives of government. Not acquainted with these 
facts, a shipmaster from France, belonging to Piscataqua, 
in the pursuit of trade, went to the Penobscot with a cargo 
of wines, where they landed, with the impression that the 
place was within the French dominions. But because they 
had not been entered in the Custom house at Pemaquid, 
Palmer and West sent and seized them. The afltair gave 
great ofteuse both to the French and the people of New 
England. However, through the influence of the French 



SIR EDMUND ANDROS. 75 

ambassador, at the English Court, the wines were restored, 
and the difficulty healed. 

During Dungan's administration many Dutch families 
were removed from the banks of the Hudson to those of 
the Sheepscot/--' There they remained till the next Indian 
war, when they departed, and never returned. The 
English settled the country. There are evidences of the 
Dutch settlement at Sheepscot, and it is also said that 
many families of that people resided on the banks of the 
Damariscotta. 



CHAPTEK XIII. 



SIE EDMUND ANDROS. 

Sir Edmund Andros was appointed Governor of Mass- 
achusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Plymouth 
and Rhode Island. This appointment seemed to suspend* 
if not to nullify the authority of Dungan at Sagadahock 
and the Eastern country. A disagreement and conflict 
arose between them. However the matter was soon settled 
by a Commission from the Crown appointing him Ca.pt. 
General and Vice Admiral over the whole of New England, 
New York and the Jerse^^s. His council consisted of 
thirty-nine members any five of whom constituted a 
quorum, and Edward Randolph was appointed Secretary. 

The powers of this council were almost absolute. Their 
own will and judgment, were their rules and formulas. 



*Sullivau p. 291. 



76 SIR EDMUND ANDROS. 

"All statute laws were at their feet ; all taxes subject to 
their command ; aud land titles niighfc be made their play- 
things." Andros, like his Master James, at the first, made 
plausible professions ; but b.e soon proved himself a cruel 
instrument of despotism and he became a just and j^en- 
eral object of execration. His chief advisers of the coun- 
cil were Palmer, Mason, Brockholt, Usher aud Randolph ; 
while West, Graham and BuUivant were "his parasites and 
confidants." The people were onlj permitted to meet 
once in a year, in their primary assemblies, for the choice 
of ofiicers ; those worshiping in a Congregational way, 
were threatened with the loss of their houses of worship 
unless they reformed ; no niarriages were allowed to be 
performed, unless the parties or their friends were first 
bound in a bond with a penalty to be forfeited unto the 
Government, should any unlawful impediment come to 
light ; the press was restrained ; land titles were insecure ; 
and the liberties of the people generally vastly circum- 
scribed. The inhabitants were taught that they must have 
new patents to their real estate ; Imlian deeds were pro- 
nounced no better than "the scratch of a bear's [)h\v ;" old 
deeds of lands and ancient titles were not held valid where 
the charters were vacated ; new assurances for land must 
be preceded by a petition for the same, with a description 
of the lot or claim ; and large fees were demanded in every 
step and stage of the process. Sometimes it cost =£80 to 
obtain a single deed and X2 10s weTe demanded for the 
probate of a single will. These emoluments were divided 
between Andros, the chief judge, and Dudley, his deputy. 
In 1688, Andros resolved on a visit to the Penobscot. 
At Pemaquid he met some of the inhabitants who made 
sad complaints against Palmer and West, and prayed him 
to confirm their original rights and possessions to them, 
which had been greatly disturbed by these two notorious 
and troublesome gentlemen. But he pronounced that all 
that had been done by Dungan's commissioners, had been 



SIR EDMUND ANDllOS. / 

of no eilVict. Aud jet immense sums liacl been paid for 
conlirmatiun of titles under tliat Commission. 

Troubles being experienced with the Indians, he forti- 
fied and supplied eleven garrisons in different parts of 
M-iine. At Pemaquid ne stationed two new companies of 
60 men each, besides 36 veteran ii'oops ; In New Dart- 
mouth he placed 24 of the regular soldiery umler Lieu- 
tenant John Jordau, besides Capt, Withington's company 
of 60 men ; and the little fort on the Damariscotta, was to be 
relieved every week from the garrison at New Dartnu)uth. 
At Sagadahock and other places he also established gar- 
risons and threw in troops for their defence. 

After an administration of sixteen months, Andros 
closed his Gubernatorial career. He was among the 
wrong people for a man of his views and measures. "He 
found himself in the midst of a generation of the first 
emigrants and their patriotic sons, who were schooled to 
the doctrine of principles and consistent measures, and 
who were alive to every sentiment of liberty, civil, religious 
and rational. Equality of rights was a maxim deeply 
inscribed upon the tablet of their hearts. But, by tame 
submission to rulers, in whose appointment their wishes 
were not consulted ; to laws, in making of which the}* had 
]io voice , to taxes imposed aud appropriated without their 
consent ; to attacks upon the sacred rights of conscience 
and the title deeds of their homes wdthout their assistance, 
were to put on at once and tamely w^ear the chains of 
slavery. The popular and mighty struggle in the mother 
country against Popish hierarchy and despotic domination, 
under James and his adherents, was well understood 
through the colonies, and the triumphs of liberty and 
privilege, were news most ardently desired and daily 
expected. Such a prospect must have inspired our Pro- 
vincial patriots ami statesmen here, with a l)older spirit 
of reform. In the spring a general murnnn* of discontoit 
spread through the community, which was followed by the 



78 SIR EDJIUND ANDKOS. 

flashes of a ruuiov that the Governor's guards were to be 
let h)()se upon Boston. Half-suiothered indignation could, 
no longer l>e suppressed. The smitten spark set the public 
in flames ; and early on the morning of April 18, 1()89. 
the populace threw the Governor and thirty of his most 
obnoxious parti.^ans into continement. Several of them, 
such as Andros, Dudley, Randolph, West, Palmer, Graham, 
Sherlock and Farwell, were not allowed to be enlarged on 
anv bail that could be offered." 

The flame is kindled; the news spreads ; the country is 
awakened ; people flock into the town ; patriotic songs 
were sung ; patriotic speeches made ; and patriotic meas- 
ures pursued. Simon Bradstreet, the late Governor, 
Thomas Danforth, late De])uty Governor and President of 
^^aine, and thirteen others, men of firmness and distinc- 
tion, were induced to take the direction of aflairs, and 
oppose, liy all the weight of their authority, every attempt 
at rashness and extravagance. Andros, an unwilling s]iec- 
tator of the storm, Avhich more than any other man, he 
himself had raised, was compelled to surrender the keys of 
governuient and the command of the fortifications. After 
three days of popular commotion, (he waves of feeling 
began to subside, though the shock throughout the admin- 
istration, was felt for a much hniger time. 

April 20, 1689, a general convention of the people was held. 
Simon Bradstreet, Thomas Danforth and thirty-five others 
were appointed "A committee of safety." Isaac Additon 
was chosen clerk, and Wait Wintliroj) appointed Com- 
mander in Chief of the Militia. The news reaches the 
colonies that James has abdicated the crown, and William 
and Mary, his daughter and son-in-law, were the king and 
queen of England. Joy unbounded and quite unre- 
strained, prevailed throughout New England. The king's 
agents weje politically dead, many of his ofticers thrown 
into prison, the grants and deeds which they had issued, 
were null and void ; soldiers rose up and in some instances, 



SECOND DESTRUCTION OF SHEEPSCOT. 79 

threw their liauglity and k)rdly oliti,*er.s iu.o close conline- 
ineiit, and the people from the Penobscot to the Hudson 
felt light and breathed easy again. A judicious and 
wise king was upon the throne ; Ducal authority Avas swept 
^iway ; tyrannical enactments and barbarous decrees were 
no more, the name of New Dartmouth is soon to cease, 
and the County of Cornwall will never be needed again. 
Another chapter is to be read ; other events are to trans- 
pire ; new laws are to be enacted and put in force ; new 
institutions to arise, and a brighter, better day in its own 
time to be ushered in. 



CHAPTER XIV 



THE SECOND DESTRUCTION OF SHEEPSCOT. 

An interval of ten years of peace had now transpired. 
M.iny of the inhabitants had returned and resumed their 
formei- positions and occupations, and others had immi- 
grated with them. The Dutch had founded settlements, 
and were manifesting their usual industry and prosperity. 
Forests were hewn down ; lands cleared ; the meadows, 
both salt and fresh, were cut, houses built, l)arns were 
laden in autumn, and cattle reposed securely, while the 
sheep fattened in the pastures. A considerable "town'" 
had sprung up on Shef^pscot "lower Necke," schools were 
established, men worshipped God according to the dictates 
of their own consciences ; vessels were built ; and shivis 
lay in the stream, receiving their cargoes, when lo ! the 
dark clouds appear in the East. James had been driven 
from his throne ! — Andros, in this country, is seized, 



80 SECOND DESTRUCTION OF SHEEPSCOT. 

together with his obnoxious officials, and thrown int(» 
prison ! the contest between papacy and protestantism is 
renewed, and rages in its utmost fuiy ! France receives 
Janies into her bosom, and espouses his quarrel ! the 
Indians, in this countiy, who had long looked upon the 
coming in of the English and their encroachments upon 
Al)original dominions and influence with a jealous eye 
and added to this, the various acts of injustice committed 
by the English against the Indians at various times, were 
stirred up by the French to deeds of cruelty, savage feroc- 
ity and revenge. They began to butcher their cattle, slay 
their inhabitants, burn their dwellings, and commit depre- 
dations. Even in Andros' day, the evil spirit began to 
show itself. He himself was averse to war, and did, for a 
time, all he could to avert its realities and horrors ; but 
after he found that his efforts were unavailing, and that 
the terrible scourge must be hurried on, he went into it 
with a will. He collected, according to one author, 70(1 
men ; Holmes* says 800 ; and Elliot puts the number at 
1,000; and with these, he enters upon an Eastern expedi- 
tion, breathing vengeance and slaughter and dire destruc- 
tion. He had visited Piscataqua, Pemaquid and the Pen- 
obscot, on a '"ormer excursion, but now, at the head of an 
army and late in Nov. 1688, he takes up his line of march 
for the seat of war. His project was opposed by all the 
more wise and considerate, and in the end it proved 
abortive. His soldiers suffered incredibly with cold and 
fatigue, and many of them perished. It was at the wrong 
season of the year ; and the expedition ended in chagrin 
and disgrace ; for he neither took a captive 7)or killed a 
foe. To varnish his inglorious adventure, and cover a 
mortifying retreat, he ordered the repair and erecting of 
eleven forts at different points from Piscataqua to Penob- 
scot. 



* Auiials, p. 494. 



SECOND DESTRUCTION OF SHEEPSCOT. 81 



THE SECOND INDIAN WAR. 



The causes of this war had, for a loDg time, been in oper- 
ation. In fact, the treaty made at the close of the List 
war, Sept. 8, 1685, was never very satisfactory to the 
EngKsh : for it required of tliem to pay for an annual quit- 
rent, a peck of corn for every English family, and for 
Major Phillips of Saco, who was a large landholder, a 
bushel of corn. This, to the Indians, was a profitable 
arrangement ; but to the English it was mortifying and 
burdensome. 

The first acts of hostility were committed at North Yar- 
mouth, Aug. 13, 1688. The plantation, at that place, was 
thought to be a direct encroachment upon the rights and 
territories of the Indians. The inhabitants began to build 
a garrison upon the Eastern bank of E-oyall's river. The 
Indians perceiving this, thought to deter them ; and in 
revenge, proceeded to kill several cattle on the opposite 
side of the river. Other acts of hostility were committed 
by them. The work on the garrison progressed with 
renewed efforts ; and about tlie middle of August, a small 
])arty waylaid two workmen who were in search of oxen to 
labor on the garrison, and made tliem both prisoners. 
This was in the morning when the men were going to their 
daily emploj'ments. The rest of the savage party who 
were well armed, rushed from the woods as they advanced 
towards the half-finished garrison, and accosting them 
with insolent language, began to provoke a quarrel. 
Words were followed by a scuffle, in which at first an 
Indian gave a man by the name of Larabee a push, who 
instantly raising his gun, shot his assailant dead. While 
in the act of firing, he was seized -by another stout Indian 
whom a third man by the name of Benedict Pulsifer, 



82 SECOND DESTRUCTION OF SHEEPSCOT. 

struck with the edge of his broad axe, and the skirmish 
became generah Some fell ou both sides. 

The English, perceiving that they were fewer in numbers 
than the savages, withdrew to a place of less exposure 
under the bank of the river, and miking a stand, defended 
themselves with great bravery, till their ammunition was 
nearly gone. The commander of the garrison, Capt. 
Walter Gendell, was an eye witness of a part of the con- 
test. He had long been a trader with the Indians, and 
trom the very friendly intercourse he had always main- 
tained with them, he took a bag of ammunition and ha-;- 
tened, in a float, with a servant, to the assistance of his 
brave comrades. He stood upright, as the servant pad- 
dled, that the Indians might know him, thinking that his 
presence might dissuade them from further acts of hos- 
tility. But these both were shot by particular aim ; and 
Gendell throwing the ammunition ashore, had onlj^ time to 
exclaim, before he breathed his last, "I have lost my life in 
your service." Supplied with ammunitic>n, the men were 
enabled to maintain their ground till dusk when the euainy 
retired. Our loss was two killed, besides C.iptain G-aa led, 
whose loss was deeply lamented. He was a man of enter- 
prise and worth ; and as one of the trustees, the township 
had been confirmed to him. Several of the Indians were 
killed, and the survivors passed the night upon Lane's 
Island. Here thej^ had a horrid carousal ; in the course 
of which they brutally murdered the two men who h;id 
been taken by them, while in pursuit of- the oxen. 

The attack stopped the work on the garrison, and 
delayed the settlement of North Yarmouth for many years. 
The inhabitants soon removed to Jewell's Island ; l):it 
being pursued by the savages, were barely able to defend 
themselves from a violent and murderous attack. A 
friendly vessel afterwards took them oif, and conveyed 
them to Boston. 

This bloody affair alarmed the people on the whole 



SECOND DESTRUCTION OF SHEEPSCOT, 83 

coast. Suspiciojs were excited agaiust the Sokokis 
Indians ; and it was supposed, tliat they, contrary to the 
late treaty, knew of the intended outbreak, but failed to 
give information of it. That they might be brouglit to 
terms, and that the secret springs of these late hostile acts 
might be more perfectly known, orders were given by Ben- 
jamin Blackman, Esq., to Capt. John Sargent to make 
arrests of some of them. About twenty, some of whom were 
ringleaders in the late war, were seized, and sent to Fort 
Loyall. They were afterwards taken to Boston where 
they were unwisely released by Governor Andros. 

As a counteraction of this policy, reprisals were made 
by the Indians. Nine persons were made prisoners at 
Sagadahock. The houses at Merrymeeting Bay were 
plundered ; and all who made resistance, were cruelly 
slain. The Indians, in a drunken frolic, soon after killed 
several of their ca])tives, but sent the rest to Ticonic. 

New Dartmouth was the next object of their vengeance 
and attack. Under the patronage of Gov. Dungan, the 
place had become remarkably flourishing. One author 
styles it, "The Garden of the East," and it was popularly 
known as the "Sheepscot farms." There was upon the 
apex of the hill, where is now the burying ground, a for- 
tification, which Andros had strengthened and mounted. 
Sept. 5th, 168S, the Indians make their approach and seize 
Henry Smith and his family. Here they stop their efforts, 
and defer their attack till the next day. It was a note of 
warning to the inhabitants ; a reprieve, or a kind of provi- 
dential interference, during which the frightened inhabitants 
leave their dwellings and rush to the garrison ; one other 
family, that of Edward Taylor, being made prisoners. 
The Indians, chagrined at their loss of the inhabitants, set 
fire to their dwelKngs, when a general conflagration ensued. 
In an hour all was consumed, save two or three exceptions. 
The labor of years and the fruits of their industry were 
forever lost. The hope of continuance was gone, and the 



84 SECOND DESTKUCTION OF SHEEPSCOT. 

inhabitants must seek safety by retreating before tlie gath- 
ering storm. Savage vengeance was aroused, and no 
mercy was shown to any of those against whom the battle- 
axe and the tomahawk had been upUfted. Cattle, horses, 
hogs and sheep, farming utensils and the ripening harvest 
found a common grave and came to a common end. As 
an instance of the perfidy and barbarity of the savages, 
they abused the man sent from the fort to treat with thorn, 
and then murdered him. Pity was gone and compassion 
was a stranger to their bosoms. It was the second ti)ne 
that the torch had been applied to the village, and the 
second time within the period of twelve years, that it had 
been reduced to ashes. The storm rages all around. 
From every quarter there came up a wail of mourning and 
desolation and woe. Sons fell in the battle field ; hus- 
bands and fathers had their brains and bowels opened by 
the savage cimeter in the presence of their own house- 
holds ; Avives and mothers were dragged into a captivit)' 
worse than death ; and every hour added some new iior- 
ror to the already fearfully tragic scene. 

A cold, long winter without homes, or food, or neces- 
saries of life, was the bitter prospect which these poor 
pioneers and hardy adventurers had before them. Shut 
u]) in the garrison, with its walls and the soldiers as 
their defenders and only the provisions which their hands, 
in their flight, had carried there, their stay could be onh' 
temporary. If the soldiery could hold out, starvation 
would soon compel terms of surrender. The entire pop- 
ulation left, and the place lay a wilderness for the term of 
thirty years. Tradition, which descended from an aged 
Indian to Col. James Cargill, and the older inhabitants, 
reports that the Indians, not being able to subdue at once 
those in the garrison, gave them a certain time to leave 
which they readily eml)raced and went to sea in a vessel. 

While one of these terrible wars was in progress, the 
inhabitants became short of food. Bread there was none ; 



SECOND DESTRUCTIOISi OF SHEEPSCOT. 85 

vorn could not be i-aised ; the lands were left untilled, and 
everything useful to tlieni, that savage ferocity could reach, 
was destroyed. No one could reach them — they could 
get nowhere to tell the story of their sufferings to friendly 
ears who could afford them the means of relief. 

At last they deterinined on building a vessel.* With 
stealth and the utmost guard, they cut the timber, drew it 
to the shore and then commenced their operations. They 
toil on day by day and week by week, till months had 
elapsed — the women at the same time busying their fingers 
in carding, spinning and weaving cloth for sails for her — 
and the time of her launching was soon expected — when 
she would sail for the westward and return laden with corn 
—when lo ! on a d irk night flames wei'e senn issuuig from 
her hold, and their choice and costly packet is reduced to 
ashes! It was the work of the savage! Paleness then 
sat on every countenance and trembling seized everj' 
heart. What shall be done ? was the next question. 
Nothing was the reply. The enemy are all around — the 
wilderness separates us from our neighbors — and all must 
stand in their own, and not their neighbors' defence. Then 
a bright thouglit enters the mind of one brave fellow — the 
resolution is taken. With a small compass in his pocket, 
and bidding his friends adieu, he starts to go afoot through 
the wilderness, to Boston. Many days elapse — much 
fatigue and weariness are experienced; but iie arrives, 
there- "safe and sound,", and tells the story of their sulfer- 
ings to ears that listened and to hearts that felt. The 
Governor immediately despatched a vessel, laden with suj)- 
plies and filled with armed men and munitions of war. 
The ship is soon dc-spatched — spreads her broad wings to 
the breeze and arrives safely and casts her anchor in 
Sheepscot waters. The report of the signal cannon had 
been heard as the flood tide and favorable wind caii'ied 



* Mrs. Ji)hu Paskell. James Mallett. 



8() SECOND DESTRUCTION OF SHEEPSCOT. 

licr up to the point of (lestiiiation — but bow did tlic beartife' 
of those fuiiii.sbed inhabitants swell with emotion, as tliev 
saw the liero return, laden with supplies, and supported by 
a body of veteran troops, who, some time before, had been 
sent away by tliem with weeping eyes and saddened feel- 
inirs, upon his strange errand. 

Their wants are relieved. The Indi.vns wished to come 
on board their vessel.'-^ This they would not ^dlow. They 
then desired one of their cannon, "big gnus," which they 
had never seen before ; this could not be allowed except at 
a very large price which the Indians cheerfully paid. They 
then wished to know how to use it. The English told them, 
to first put the powder in — tlien a few dry leaves — then 
small stones and sand and pounded brick and almost any- 
tliing that they could get into the muzzle, and tlicii th(\v 
. must ram it down hard, and keep doing so, till it was full to 
the muzzle ; and then they must all get round it and touch it 
off. All this the simple minded savages most religiously t)b- 
served — the match was put to the j)owder — the design of the 
English was accomplished — the explosion took place — the 
cannon was burstt — pieces of it, together with sand, stones 
and other missiles ilew in every direction— many of the 
Indians were killed — more were wounded — and horror and 
vengeance seized the minds of all. They saw the trick — 
it could not be forgiven — they resolve on the extermination 
of the New Dartmouth settlement — the inhabitants are 
warned away- — they embark on board this friendly vessel, 
saw the rising flames of the garrison they had left behind, 
and quit the scenes of their former joys arid later calam- 
ities forever. 

It was a noble people. There was there some of the 
best of the Pilgrim blood : and their faith and powers of 
endurance were well nigh marvellous. Not like the Pop- 



* Mrs. John Paskell. James Mallett. 

t Pieces of this cannon were tound in the next century. 



SECOND DESTEUCTION OE SHEEPSCOT. 8? 

liam Colony which died before it was a year old — which 
fled at the opening spring when ample succor had arrived 
from England and there w;is no war with the natives — this 
colony without the patronage of lords or receiving the fos- 
tering hand of the king and wealthy men, came in unob* 
served, cut down the forests, tilled their fields, planted 
Democratic Institutions, maintained schools, supported 
the ministry, and manifested all the elements of growth 
and greatness and continuance. The}^ maintained a civil 
existence for more than fifty years, and then fled because 
a storm of hail fell upon them which no human force could 
withstand ; but as soon as the elements subsided, thej- 
return again, strong in hope and buoj^ant in expectation, 
lay anew the foundations, and see the pillars of state ris- 
ing rapidly around them. Ft)r a time they stood the 
second shock of war ; and they onh* yielded when this 
became too poAverful for them to withstand. 

Setting aside the lime they were absent, during King 
Phillip's war, they had maintained an existence of some 
sixty-tive years, and then they only left when all their 
sister colonies were swept away around them. They 
yielded as the brave always do, fighting nt)bly to the end. 

During the year 1G97, Major March, a popular and gal- 
lant officer, with a command of 500 men, was directed to 
range the coast Eastward, by sending parties in different 
directions. On the 9th of September, he landed his men 
at Damariscotta ; but ere they were all fully ashore, a body 
of Indians, watching their movements, with the well-known 
war whoop, unexpectedly poured in upon them a full 
volley, which killed 12 or 13 and wounded as many more 
of the troops. Rallying his men, he returned the charge, 
and drove the enemy either to the woods or their canoes, 
leaving their dead behind them. It was a desperate 
encounter — a bloody skirmivsh — but it left the day in t\w 
hands of the English. 

This closed the war in Maine ; for the peace of Ryswick 



S8 



SF.COND DESTRUCTION OF SHEErSCOT. 



lltli of September, broii<j;lit j^LkT- 
ut once more to the wearied ami 



wbieli took place on tin 
ness, rest and eiijoyme 
war-worn inhabitants. 

Names of those who appear in the early Sheepscot set 
tlement, 1623—1686 : 



John Browne. 
Jnincs Cooke. 
CliristoplKM* Dyer, 
Williiiui Dyer, Esq,- 
Jolin Dyer, 
Thomas Gent, 
Daniel Gent, 
Elizabeth Gent, 
Elihu Gunnison, Esq., 
Tiionias Gyles, Ilsq., 
Robert Foote, 
William Lowcrinjr. 
Thomas Messer. 
Lydia Messer. 
Robert Scott, 
Riehard Pain, 
Elizabeth Phipx. 
John Taylor, 
David Ransl'ord, 
Walter Pliillips. Chrk.. 
John White, 
Caleb Ray, P^nsisjn. 
William Wflcott. 
Gf orj?e Speare, 
John Mason. 
Nicholas Manninji, Surv. 
William Dale, 
Nathaniel Draper, 



William James. 
William Marks, 
Moses Pike, 
Andrew Staljier, 
Deborali Burnett, 
James Mason, 
Mary IVIason. 
Gyles Godward, I/out.v 
John Tower, 
Ann Harden, 
Edward Roberts, 
Moses Pike, 
Widow Willeolt, 
James Smith, 
Samuel Corhisson. 
John Manning, 

Jewett, 

Henry Smith, 
Edward Taylor, 
Thomas Kimball. 
Elizabeth Gent, 

Goddard, 

S Phips, 

Walker, 

Samuel Boles, 
J.inies Marston, 
John Alleyn, Esq.... 
— Walker. 



SHEEPSCOT AND DAMAEISCOTTA. 89 



CHAPTER XV 



SHEEPSCOT AND DAMARISCOTTA. 

Soon after William and Mary ascended the throne, war 
was proclaimed against France. This continued ten years 
and ended with the treaty of Ryswick. This joyful event 
took place Sept, 11, 1697, and was hailed with the utmost 
delight by all the Ncav England colonies. The Canadian 
French could do us no more injury, though the Indians con- 
tinued to molest us for a time. Several acts of savage 
ferocity and murder were committed during the year 1698. 
At Spruce Creek, Kittery, an old man was literally mur- 
dered, May 8, after he had surrendered. His life was 
taken by a gigantic savage who was reputed to have been 
seven feet high ; and his two sons Avere hurried away into, 
captivity. But the giant was, in a few hours afterwards, shot 
dead by his own gun, as he grasped the barrel reversed 
and was endeavoring to pull his canoe towards him, at the 
shore.- 

The minds of the people of Massachusetts were once 
more turned toAvards Maine, and emigration thither was 
encouraged. But the undertaking was vast and difficult. 
A ten years' war, just brought to a close, was attended 
with every discouragement. There were no mills, no 
enclosures, no roads ; on the contrary, there were dilap- 
idated buildings, wide, wasted fields and melancholy ruins. 
Deeds, and monuments of land, titles and evidences were 
either mutilated or destroyed. Claims in abundance were 
presented, and claimants, in numbers, were at hand. Dif- 
ficulties arose ; perplexities abounded ; the weak were in 



V)0 SHEEPSCOT AND DAMARISCOTTA. 

danger of being overwhelmed and defrauded out of their 
rights by the avarice and cupidity of the strong ; and 
youthful heirs, and new made widows as well as infirmity 
and advanced age, were exposed to the intrigues ajid 
unfairness of many who looked with covetous eyes upon 
these extensive forests and desolated homes. 

To remedy these evils, and to prevent controversies, the 
General Court established a Committee on Claims, con- 
sisting of seven members, some of whom were lawyers, 
but all were men of intelligence and established reputa- 
tion. This was in 1700. The names of the Committee 
were, Samuel Sewall, John Walley, Eliakim Hutchinson, 
Nathaniel Byfield, Timothy Clark, Samuel Phipps and 
Israel Tay. They appointed times and places for their 
sessions ; received titles and claims ; and after examining 
all that wei'e rendered in, made a return to the Legisla- 
ture. 

But in the next year, 1701, things began to assume a 
gloomy aspect in Europe. The storm of war, which, for a 
little while had lulled, was evidently agiin arising. Lieu- 
tenant Governor Stoughton, in his address to the General 
Court, May 1701, told them that from intelligence receive I 
from abroad, war was most imminent. In such an event, 
this country, as usual, must be an unmitigated sufferer. 
And what added to the gloominess of the scene, was, sev- 
eral distinguished persons died about this time. Among 
them was Earl Bellamont, the Governor of New York, 
Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. Tins took 
place at New York March 5, 1701. On the 7th of July 
following, Gov. Stoughton die 1, leivuig behui 1 him a s.i >"- 
less reputation and an honorable name. Sapt. 16fch fol- 
lowing, died James the Second, at St. Germains, France, 
having abdicated the British Crown more than twelve 
years before. 

His son surnamed in England, the "Pretender," immedi- 
ately aspired to the throne from which his father lung 



SHEEPSCOT AND DAMARISCOTTA. 91 

years before had fled in disgrace. The French monarch, 
Louis the Fourteenth, by dechiring in his favor, enkindled 
anew the flames of war. But, as the Pretender was a 
CathoHc, the English nation, before this, had res ^Ived to 
limit the possession of the crown to the Protestants of the 
Royal line, and finally concluded to settle it upon Anne, 
princess of Denmark, another daughter of James, and 
sister to Mary, as she and William died without issue, 
whenever a successor should be needed. 

The event expected was at hand. Mary died in 1694 ; 
and in March 8th, 1702, her husband also died, living eight 
years after her decease. Anne ascended the throne ; and 
on the fourth of May following, declared war against the 
King of France. William was greatly lamented both by 
his American and English subjects ; but their minds were 
soon occupied b}^ their new Queen and the state of things 
before them. The French stirred up the Indians against 
the Americans, so that troubles were experienced all along 
this Eastern fi'ontier, notwithstanding the General Court 
had taken every precaution to enlist the Indians in their 
favor. They united with the French and made common 
cause with them during the war. The work of death soon 
commenced ; the woods rang with the souqd of the Indian 
war whoop ; settlements were broken up ; villages burned ; 
inhabitants were taken and made the subjects of savage 
cruelty ; farms were forsaken ; and mill sites lay unim- 
proved. Haverhill and many other places met with a fate 
which chills the blood, even at this late day ; and the 
Province of Maine, it is said, lost more than a fourth, per- 
haps a third part of her inhabitants, during that fearful 
war. Those killed, and taken captive, even though the 
settlements were sparse, amounted to no less than two 
hundred and eighty-two. From 1675 to 1713, when the 
famous treaty of Utrectht was signed, which terminated 
Anne's war with the French, and with it Indian hostilities 
which lasted eleven years, no less than five or six thousand 



\)2 SHEEPSCOT AND DAMARISCOTTA. 

of the yontli of this country perished, eitlier by the hand 
of the enemy or diseases contracted in the service. 

A melancholy aspect was witnessed throughout the 
Eastern country. More than 100 miles of sea coast, once 
dotted with residences and adorned with flourishing set- 
tlements, and improved estates, lay unpeopled and des- 
olate. Title Deeds, Records and other papers of value, 
were either mutilated or lost ; and so many years had 
intervened since the inhabitants had . fled, that happy 
homes and productive fields began to assume the appear- 
ance of wilderness solitude. 

Yet the Government, the land owners and such of the 
inhabitants as were left, together with their descendants, 
were ready to engage with alacrity and gladness in the 
work of re-settling the country. For this a second "Com- 
mittee of Eastern Claims and Settlements," was appointed 
by the General Court. This Committee consisted of nine 
persons ; four were taken from the Council and five from 
the House of Representatives. Their names were — of the 
Council — Elislia Hutchinson, Isaac Additon, John Phillips 
and Paul Dudley, Attorney General ; of the House, Jolm 
Clark, Edward Quimby, Thomas Oliver, William Dermison 
and the Clerk of the House. After appointing clerks, and 
notifying the times and places of their meetings they 
were directed to receive and examine all claims that were 
exhibited to lands in Maine or Sagadaliock, to sanction 
the title of such as appeared sound and clear, and report 
the residue. In reviving towns, as a matter of safety, it 
was thought best to plant the families together in clusters, 
say from 20 to 30 each, in certain localities, near the sea 
shore. There they could be united in a close and defensi- 
ble manner, have three or four acres to a family as a home- 
stead, and then, in addition to this, possess outlands n 
quantities equal to their wishes or necessities. Accord- 
ingly, the General Court ordered the re-settlement of five 
towns ; Saco, Scarboro, Falmouth, North Yarmouth and 



SHEEPSCOT AND DAMARISCOTTA. 03 

Arrowswick. In no other places were the people a.lll)^v','l 
to settle, till proper plans and ]il;it'es could he desipjuatcd 
hy the Government, througli the medium of the Committee. 

After this measure the people were again encouraged to 
renew their settlements in Maine. For the protection of 
the people and the promotion of trade, a fort of stone was 
erected at Cushnoc, now Augusta, by Dr. Noyes of Boston 
one of the Plymouth propriet(n-s. This was in 1716 ; and 
a garrison was there maintained at the public expense. 
Flourishing settlements were made at this place at this 
time, also at Brunswick, Topsham and other places. 
Oood buildings were seen going up, saw mills were erected, 
husbandry began to thrive and large stocks of cattle were 
raised. Noyes, who erected this fort and was a patron of 
this colony, was a member of the House of Delegates, and 
died March 16, 1721. In the war which followed, this set- 
tlement was broken up and the fort was burnt by the 
Indians. 

The Committee, for the settling of claims to lands in 
M line, was appointed in 1713 ; an I their service was to 
expire in 1720 ; — ^twenty years from the appointment of the 
first Commission. Not a great while after this, indications 
of trouble began to appear among the Indians through the 
influence o.f the Jesuit Rale, whose headq larters were at 
Norridgewock, and other French instigators. Rale's influ- 
ence over the Indians was immense ; and it was artfullj' 
employed in stirring them up to deeds of violence and 
blood among the English settlers. But about^ the year 
1719, numbers of citizens of Massachusetts, once inhab- 
itants of Maine, or their descendants, through fear of los- 
ing their claims to ancient estates, by the statute of lim- 
itation began to enter on them, and fix their habitations 
once more in these Eastern parts. The tide continued to 
set in this direction till 1722, when Lovewell's war com- 
menced which lasted three years. 

This put an efifectual stop to Eastern emigration for the 



0-1 SHEEPSCOT AND DAMARISCOTTA, 

time being', !Uk1 ;igain deluged these Eastern shores with 
blood. This was purely an Indian war, as there was, at 
tliat time, peaee between the French and English. Rale, 
however, was killed in 1724 ; many of his people were 
slain ; all his forces routed ; and with his fall, ended tlir 
supremacy of the Indians in these Eastern parts. There 
were wars afterwards, it is true, and many of the English 
were slain ; but the Indians never afterwards recovere»l 
what they lost in that battle. Their stronghold was taken : 
their chief warriors were slain ; and the great presiding 
spirit, Kale himself, was made to pay the penalty due to 
his instigations, his intrigues, his crimes. At his death, 
there was great rejoicing among the Colonists and thanks 
were rendered to God that the most dreaded of thei? 
enemies was ingloriously slain. 

After his death, the Indians easily came to terms ; arti- 
cles of agreement were made, and peace was ratified. Jt 
was during this war, that Lovewell's fight occurred whicli 
is memorable in the annals of Indian warfare. Ratifica- 
tions took place at Falmouth, Dec. 15, 1725, signed by four 
Sagamores on the one part, and the Commissioners on tln' 
other. This has since been denominated "Dummer's 
Treaty," than which none ever made l)y the parties has 
been more celebrated or lasting. Both sides were pre- 
pared and both rejoiced in it. They had become tired of 
warfare, and now desired the blessings of peace. 

A,t the diminishing of the Aboriginal power, that of the 
Colonies began to increase. Settlers flocked into Maine : 
old wastes were recovered ; new fields opened ; towns 
sprang up as by magic ; settleis became established in 
their estates ; and the wilderness was made to rejoice and 
blossom as the rose. There were sufferings in reserve fc^r 
them, it is true ; but they never afterwards were driven 
from their homes. They held on to what they had gained ; 
yea, made fresh conquests and continued to grow and 
thrive, till their arms encircled the land, and the red' man 



CLAIMS AND CLAIMANTS,. 95 

with liis tomahawk and war songs, was driven away, to 
he seen and feared no more. 



CHAPTER XVI 



CLAIMS AND CLAIMANTS. 

We have now entered upon a new century — a new era is 
opening before us— other actors appear on the stage and 
other scenes pass before our eyes. Occupancy of hinds 
and re-settlement are the themes. The claimants had pre- 
sented a list of titles to the Committee appointed by the 
Legislature and they were expected to decide upon their 
merits and legality. A list of some of them follows. 

John Mason died, leaving a wife and several children. 
His widow afterwards married a man by the name of 
Allen ; and in the next century she, in behalf of herself 
und children, laid claim to the large tract of land that her 
husband had bought of the Sagamores in 1652. John Mason 
had one son only, whose name was James. He had a 
daughter called Mary who married Elias Malford and lived 
in East Hampton, N. Y. She appears to have fallen heir 
to the homestead at Sheepscot ; for in 173B, she sold it to 
David Cargill, a native of the North of Ireland, who came 
to this country and settled. The property remained in the 
line of Cargill's descendants, till a few years since when it 
was sold. Addison Carney now occupies Cargill's home- 
stead. 

There was another person, who, through the Allen fam- 



0(^ CLAIMS AND CLAIMANTS. 

ily laid claiiii to John Mason's immense estate. The claim 
is as follows : 

"To the Hon. Commissioners on Eastern Lands : — 
Stephen Calef claims a tract of land Ijing within the towns 
of Edgecomb and Newcastle, bounded as follows : — Begin- 
ning at bheepscot Falls over the cove to a parcel of pines 
^thence to the marsh lying on the other side of the river 
which bounds it from ilie burnt islands, which is the 
Northerly end thereof, and from thence to a freshet called 
"Oven's Mouth ;" — Cross river — seven or eig^lit miles 
below. "Also, one full sixth part of two three hundred 
acre lots laid out in Sheep8cot to David Allen formerly of 
Boston^ deceased, which land was conveyed by Thomas 
and Frances Allen to Stimuel Calef, uncle to said Stephen,, 
and says in the conveyance, it is the same tract which 
David Cargill bought of Elias Mulford and Mary his wife, 
as descended to her from her father James Mason, late of 
East Hampton, N. Y. who was the only son of John 
Mason of New Dartmouth, in said Sheepscot river." 

There were other gi-ants as appears by the following 
claims, some of which were made under Indian titles, and 
others by vii'tue of patents issued by Col. Dungan, the 
Ducal Governor of these lands. 

"Benjamin Tower, heir to his father John Tower, claims a 
house lot, about tAvo acres, next the fort, at said Dart- 
mouth, being about 104 acres upland and Eastward of 
Dyer's river and adjoining the land of John Brow^n, as by 
deed from T. Palmer, Esq. Commissioner from Col. 
Dungan." 

A. Lovering claims for himself and brother and sister 
KiO acres of upland and 20 acres of marsh, on the East- 
ward side of Dyer's river, in New Dartmouth, to pay quit- 
lent 1^ bushels of wheat every year, by patent to his 
father Wm. Lovering, under Col. Dungan, Aug. 20, 1686. 

Ann Harden claims for herself and children 140 acres at 
New Dartmouth, on the north side of the highway that 



CLAIMS ANIJ CLAIMANTS. 97 

leads to the mill and 20 acres of meadow, by patent from 
Governor Dungan, Aug. 17th, 1686. 

Thomas Gent claimed the same laud, Iw Indian deeds, 
and his claim was allowed as being anterior to the grant of 
Dungan. 

Thomas Gent, who married the daughter of John Taylor 
of Damariscotta, claims also a tract of land lying within 
side of the falls on the east side of Sheepscot river, bought 
of Wm. James, bounded west by a little spring, and thence 
running across the neck by the end of Mason's house, con- 
taining about 200 acres of upland and 10 acres of meadow. 
Also land at Damariscotta, upon which he built a house 
anil lived several years, given him by his father-in-law, 
John Taylor. 

Robert Scott, for the heirs of Nathaniel Draper, claims 
"several parcels bought of Jack Pudding, alias Daniel, Sag- 
amore of Sheepscot, between the Butt falls and the great 
bay, over against the Parting gntts, which He between 
Nathaniel Draper, Thomas Mercer and the house to the 
river;" deed dated March 6th, 1661. 

Isaac Taylor, son of John Taylor, claims a tract on the 
west side of Damariscotta river, in Sheepscot Township, 
the late possession of John Taylor ; of which John Taylor 
was possessed upwards of fift}^ years. 

Widow Wilcott claims a tract of land on the West side 
of Sheepscot river — in Alna — below the falls, beginning at 
the great spring against the falls and along the river to the 
little spring, to the northward of Samuel Corbisson's 
house ; which land was in the possession of Thomas 
Mercer, and by him given to William Wilcott, deceased, 
and in his lifetime improved several years till the Indian 
wars. Mrs. Wilcott was the daughter of Thomas Mercer. 
The southern bound of this claim was at the well-known 
spring a little to the North of Mr. Charles Leighton's. 

Capt. Sylvanus Davis claims a tract of land on the East 
side of Damariscotta river, at a place called Oyster river, 



98 REV. CHRISTOPHER TAPPAN. 

500 acres, being a neck of land bought of Wittenose, John 
Cotter and Jeffrey, as by deed June, 14, 1659. 



CHAPTER XVII 



EEV. CHRISTOPHER TAPPAN. 

This gentleman was minister of a church in Newbury, 
Mass. He was the father of four children, three daughters 
and one son. His son's name was Bezaleel and was set- 
tled as a physician in Salem, Mass. One of the daughters, 
Susannah, married Benjamin Woodbridge, Esq., a mer- 
chant of Newbury, who afterwards moved into Newcastle 
and settled on the Southern end of Mason's Neck. This 
name was afterwards dropped, and the place was called 
AYoodbridge Neck. Sarah, another daughter, married 
Ezekiel Mighill, and Eunice married Eleazer Pierce, all of 
Newbury. Sept. 16, 1746, Tappan before his death, con- 
veyed to his three daughters three-fourths of all his unsold 
lands at Sheepscot, Damariscotta and Mt. Sweague, and 
other places in Maine, together with all mills, buildings, 
etc., to be equally divided between them. The otlier fourth 
he conveyed to his son Bezaleel, as by deed, Sept. 11, 1746. 

In 1702, Tappan bought of Walter Phillips all the right, 
title, claim and interest which he held in these Eastern 
lands. He also bought out the rights of John Mason's 
heirs, the Gents and others, so that he became the owner 
of nearly all the present town of Newcastle, and some 
contiguous places. He purchased the large tract which 
Phillips owned . to the East of Damariscotta Pond, and 



EEV. CHRISTOPHER TAPPAN. 91< 

also lands in the neighborhood of Mt. Sweague. Moses 
Hilton, William Hilton, Israel Honeywell, Abraham 
Nason, Thomas Sloman, John Honeywell and others held 
their lands under this title. Mr. Pomeroy who lived on 
Jewaukee Neck, just below the present residence of Mr. 
Gardiner White, bought of Woodbridge, the heir of 
Tappan. Some of his apple trees were standing within 
the period of my recollection. There was one large, long, 
sweet apple, most delicious to our boyish appetites which 
we used to call the "Pomeroy apple." But the tree and 
the hand that planted it, as well as its fello'.vs, together with 
those who first partook of its fruit, have long since passed 
away. 

About the year 1718 or 1719, Mr. Tappan agreed with 
two men, Michael Thomas and Samuel Getchell to come 
down and settle at Damariscotta. Getchell appears to 
have been unmarried ; but Thomas had a wife and family. 
They came and settled on the precise spot that John 
Taylor had occupied the century before, and from which 
he fled at the breaking out of the first Indian war in 1675. 
According to Getchell's testimony, taken in 1737, they 
came and built a house on the West side of the river, near 
the lower salt water falls, and fenced in about four acres of 
land, which inclosed the place where a house formerly 
stood. Part of an old chimney was then standing there. 
Getchell came away, after living there about ten months, 
leaving Thomas with his wife and family. At that time no 
person lived there except Thomas and his famih', and the 
wild Indians of the woods. Getchell and Thomas mowed 
grass on the hill by the apple trees, where Walter Phillips 
formerly lived, and also the salt marsh near the Bay. 

Benjamin Cheney who took Getchell's place, came to 
Damariscotta and lived with Thomas. They broke up 
land and sowed peas near the house, and also planted corn 
on Glidden's Neck. They commenced a fence at the 
brook where Algernon Austin's brick store stands, and 



100 EEV. CHRISTOPHER TAPPAN. 

running up a few rods, swung round Southwesterly upon 
the side of a "great, long hill," past Daniel Hopkin's, Col. 
George Barstow's and Ebenezer Farley's, and terminated 
at the shore, below where Walter Phillips first lived. 
They cut the fresh meadows that lay between Daraaris- 
cotta and Sheepscot, and made vise of the hay. The tract 
fenced was for a pasture. Cheney said that while he lived 
there, the Indians, among whom were Capt. Nathaniel and 
Capt. John Ne Wonnet, used often to visit them ; and also 
one old squaw who told him that her husband was one of 
them who sold the land to Walter Phillips ; and the}^ all said 
that Phillips purchased all the land thereabout, and he 
never heard of any other person laying any claim to it, till 
it was purchased by Mr. Tappan. 

In 1721, John Manning of Boston writes to his father 
Xicholas Manning of Long Island, that the Indians who 
were hostages in the Castle had broken out, but were 
retaken, though not till one of them was shot dead. They 
were then treated as prisoners of Avar. Tliis put a new 
aspect upon the Indian difficulties at the time. He also 
says, that after their recapture, they were exceedingly dis- 
])leased and sullen. The English had also taken Monsieur 
Oastiue's son which he had by Dockawandah's sister, and 
made him a prisoner of war with them. The forces are 
continiied at the Eastward, and more men are to be sent 
there. The English were ordered not to fire, nor shed th(^ 
lirst blood ; but to stand on their defence. 

The General Court passed an Act which forbade any one 
trading with the Indians, not even to obtain provisions, on 
pain of paying a penalty of five hundred pounds. The 
repetition of the offense was death. 

A Mr. Walter was concerned, in some way, with Man- 
ning in the lands. John Manning had been sued and 
arrested, though he had done all he could to free the 
estate from embarrassment. It was difficult to meet 
engagements. The General Court offered to loan 50,000 



REV. CHRISTOPHER TAPPAN. 101 

pounds, but they were coupled with such terms that he 
could not comply. Capt. White had bought out the 
Drapers, six hundred acres. After enumerating the diffi- 
culties which surrounded him, in connection with the other 
claiinants, he says, there was one way left. Mr. Tappan, 
the minister of Newbury, had bought all of AV alter Pliil- 
lip's land at Damariscotta, and got some families on the 
same ; and also had purchased a mill to be erected at 
Damariscotta Falls. Tappan had been to see Manning to 
consult on affairs. 

Mr. Tappan proposed to have all the land between the 
Damariscotta and Sheepscot rivers, Northwest passage, 
erected into one township ; and to buihl a fort at Sheepscot, 
on Mason's Neck, where there was one formerly ; and also, 
to have a certain number of families, each to occupy a 
small lot of land on Mason's Neck, to build their houses 
on, with their farms at a distance as it was formerly ; so 
that, in case of trouble with the Indians, there might b3 a 
place of general safety and resort. He would find a min- 
ister and a doctor for the place and do his best to make a 
flourishing settlement there. 

"He does seem to me," says Manning, "to be a prity 
Injenus jentell man and seems to be very raell in the 
matter. I am apt for to think, that if you comply in the 
case, y* rest of y" proprietors of Shipscott will dn the 
same ; your advice in y^ matter." 

Manning adds as news, that his wife had been sick a 
"twelve month" and helpless as an infant, that the small 
pox was raging in Boston and had carried off a thousand 
souls. They were very much "distressed" for help. 
Nurses' wages had been tliirt}^ shillings a week ; wood 
thirty shillings a cord. "Our straits are great ; never the 
like in Boston." 

In 1725 and 1728, Christopher Tappan and Obadiah 
Gove purchased of the heirs of Elizabeth Gent and 
Thomas Gent, all their right and title to lauds at Sheepscot. 



102 DAVID DUKBAR. 

The two owned together from the South end of Sheepscot 
Great Neck where Thomas Gent many years resided, ii> 
Winnesitieo Falls, near the North line of the town. 
Tappan and his heirs afterward laid, claim to the whole 
tract ; and it a})peai's to have been arranged, that Govt 
took that portion of the purchase which Mason made of 
the Sagamores that lay South of the Eastern branch of 
the Sheepscot, while Tappan held what was North of it. 
Gove's descendants settled in Edgecomb— from the East- 
ern branch of the Pbeepscot to the Cross river — b}' virtue 
of this old deed of Mason's. The case was carried into 
Court and argued ; biit Mason's deed was so indefinite— 
that no reliance Avas placed upon it, and the Claimants 
lost their case. 



CHAPTEE XVIIl 



DAVID DUNBAE. 

We now come to the year 1729 and introduce to our 
readers, a man who figures largel}' in th'e afi'airs of tln^ 
settlers at that time ; and who thereby, has acquired a rep- 
utation which otherwise would never have belonged to 
him. For thus it sometimes happens in the affairs of this 
world, that individuals of very little real worth, are thrown 
into situations where they acquire a notoriety which other 
wise they never would possess. Circumstances and not 
merit give them a name. Of this class is David Dunbar, 
an Irishman, who had been a Colonel in the British servic( 
but had been deposed. He came over to this countrx 
under the patronage of the British Ministry, and landed at 



DAVID DUNBAR. l')3 

Pemaquid. He was poor, but a inau of pleasing address ; 
and through the influence of his friend, Col. Bladen, a 
niemher of the Board of Trade, he at length obtained a 
Koyal Instruction and Proclamation, by which the whole 
Province of Sagadahock was given into his hands. ' He 
was directed to superintend and govern it ; little more 
being required of him on the part of the Crown, than to 
reserve 300,000 acres of the best timber lands of pine and 
oak, for the use of the Roj'^al Navy. 

His arrival was in the spring of 1729 ; and his first 
object was to secure the good will and co-operation of 
Phillips, Governor of Nova Scotia. He next put in repair 
the fort at Pemaquid, changing the name of it from Fort 
William Henry to Fort Frederick, a compliment to the 
Prince of Wales. He divided the land between Damaris- 
cotta and Museongus rivers into two townships. . The 
Southern portion of which included all that lay South of a 

Hue running Southeasterly from what is now called 

Cove, he called Harrington. That which lay North of it, 
which includes what is now the upper part of Bristol, 
Daraariscotta and Nobleboro, he named Walpole. He also 
erected the township of Townshend, now Boothbay, and 
Southport. These places were named from three British 
noblemen. Broad Cove was the third parish in Bristol. 

At Pemaquid Harbor, he laid out the plan of a city. 
To each settler he surveyed a City lot of two acres ; also 
forty acres- more, including his improvements ; and after- 
wards a one hundred acre lot, more remotely situated. 
The title that he gave to the settlers of their lands was 
Leasehold Indentures, with the antiquated reservation of 
a "peper corn rent," if demanded. Being inflated with 
his success, he determined the next spring, 1730, to be 
thorough in his measures. To encourage emigrants to 
settle within the bounds of his jurisdiction, he ofl"ered to 
every one who would abide in the Province, a hundred 
acres of land where he might choose to select it, besides a 



104 DAVID DUNBAR. 

8upplj of one year's provisions. To invalidate and 
obscure the jurisdictional rights of Massachusetts, he 
procured, besides the King's Proclamation and Instruc- 
tion, a Royal Order to the Governor ol' Nova Scotia, for 
taking formal possession of the country — and to effectuate 
his plans and enforce obedience to his demands, he 
obtained from Annapolis and Canseau, thirty men, besides 
an officer, to man the fortress at Pemaquid, pretending, 
probably, that this, having long been considered the key to 
that Province, ought to be a Public Garrison. Lands 
were conveyed by him to William Vaughan of Damaris- 
cotta, and also the benefit of the excellent water privilege 
at the Fresh falls. The Commissioners for 1811, say that 
Vaughan held his lands at Damariscotta Mills under the 
Brown title ; and they also say, that he had lands at Har- 
rington, for which he afterwards compromised with Shem 
•Drowne, by paying him two shillings, lawful money, foi' 
every hundred acres. 

Dunbar was active and energetic ; and introduced a 
large number of persons into this section of the country. 
The McCobbs, the Eeeds, the Aulds, McClintocks, McFar- 
lands. Briers, Knights, Fossets, Montgomerys, Kennedys. 
Cami)bells and others whose names have been familiar 
in this region, for the last 130 j^ears, were introduced here, 
about this time. They originally came from Scotland, and 
setth'd i]i the North part of Ireland. Persecution drove 
them from their native lands ; and freedom of conscience 
to woiship God, as well as permanency of home, brought 
theui to these extensive shores. And one reason wliy 
Dunbar received the appointment was, he told the king 
:uid the ministry, that these people were anxious to emi- 
grate to America. The}^ came here — a noble race — hewed 
down the forests, cleared the fields, built them dwellings, 
erected the Sanctuary, and by its side the School House, 
where their children both heard the Word of the Lord and 
were taught the elements of education. It was America 



BAYII) DUNBAR. 105 

ill her incipient greatness. These were among the choicest 
of European emigrants, and their blood was as precious as 
any that coursed in the veins of the people of these 
United States. If no more, Dunbar performed one good 
work in introducing to these shores, this fearless and indom- 
itable people. 

Opposite Damariscotta Mills on the other side of the 
Bay, is a point of land called "Belvidera." It is beautiful 
for situation. At the extreme Western part of this point 
of land, Gov. Dunbar, in the year 1730 or 1731, built him 
a house which he occupied two years or more. The 
remains of his cellar are now seen ; also of his rock chim- 
ney, now fallen ; and a circular hole about four feet in 
diameter and as many feet deep which was probably used 
as a magazine for powder and other choice articles. 

Directly in the rear, and to the East of this locality, is a 
beautiful rising ground that has a commanding view of the 
entire Bay and shores around. Here Dunbar had a cellar 
dug about forty feet by fifty, for the purpose of erecting a 
superb mansion that would correspond with the important 
Dignitary that would inhabit there. But, alas! for human 
calculations and earthly hopes ! Soon after, petitions were 
in circulation for his removal. 

The cellar of this projected house, is still there, exhib- 
iting all the marks of hasty, if not unwilling abandonment. 
The dirt which is a clayey loam, w^as thrown out upon the 
four sides of it, and it remains just as it was left by the 
shovel. Water is at the bottom of it, and the cattle have 
a beaten path down the four corners, of it, where they 
descend to drink. It is overshadowed by tall pines, nearly 
two feet in diameter, which have arisen, as if to assert 
their sovereignty, since the former transient proprietor left. 

Dunbar was imperious in his will and avaricious in his 
disposition. He soon became unpopular with the peo])le. 
Those who resided between the Sheepscot and Damaris- 
cotta rivers — to the North of Townshend, were slow in 



106 DAVID DUNBAR. 

submitting to his claim and dictation. For this, he 
threatened to punish them, by expelling them from their 
possessions. He was regardless of either ancient Grants, 
Deeds or actual Possessions, and resolved to bear down all 
opposition, and make in his own name, any conveyance by 
which he could make money. All descriptions of claim- 
ants who were thus disturbed, spread their complaints 
before the General Court. The Pemaquid Proprietors — 
the Drowne Right claimants, complained that Dunbar had 
encroached upon their domains, and Avith force and arms, 
was holding possession of them. They asked for relief 
and protection. 

Christopher Tappau professed to hold several tracts at 
Damariscotta, which had been improved for a series of 
years, till the inhabitants were driven away by the Indians. 
Settlers had returned to them, and were happy at their 
homes, till they were thrown into perplexity and embar- 
rassment by the unscrupulous demands of Dunbar. Many 
others presented their Memorials to the Legislature which 
were filled with similar representations. Joseph Roberts, 
Samuel Whittemore and Jonathan Loring who lived in the 
vicinity of the Sheepscot river, stated that Dunbar came 
with an armed force, drove them from their lands, seized 
their timber, burnt and destroyed their houses and even 
threatened to throw them into confinement. 

While making these charges, the petitioners asked that 
the "tyrant" might be removed, and that Massachusetts 
would resume her former jurisdiction over this oppressed 
and distracted District. 

The Memorials of the Petitioners were in the winter of 
1731, laid before the Legislature. They appointed an able 
Committee of both Houses, to consider them ; and, accord- 
ing to Sullivan, in the year 1732, the Report was made 
that settled the controversy'. 

In this Report, the following facts and principles were 
stated : — That the lands mentioned in the petitions, and 



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DAVID DUNBAR. 107 

likewise the whole territory between the Kennebec and 
Nova Scotia were within the Royal Charter, granted to 
Massachusetts, about forty years before, by William and 
Mary, and have ever been from that time to the present, 
under her care and jurisdiction : — That the Legislature 
have, from time to time, been at great expense to defend 
this territory from the incursions and cruelties of the 
Indians, and particularly during the last war : — That laws 
have been made by Massachusetts for the good of this 
entire Province, and that they have been enforced against 
the trespassers of the' king's lands : — That the Memorial- 
ists have made great sacrifices and corresponding exer- 
tions to settle the country ; and that they have always 
been good and loyal citizens ; and that their predeces- 
sors, in former years, had expended vast sums of money 
and much labor in making improvements in these lands : — 
That, though Col. Dunbar had appeared as the pro- 
fessed agent of the Crown, yet he had uniformly refused 
to exhibit his Commission or an exemplification of it, and 
had appeared among the inhabitants with a number of 
armed men, and required, nay, even compelled, them to 
take deeds of him or quit their possessions: — And they 
conclude an able Report by saying: — "That the Gov- 
ernment of the Province were in duty bound to interpose 
in favor of Petitioners and other sufferers, to lay their 
complaints, the facts and documents, before the Lords of 
Trade, and obtain, if possible, the opinions of the SoHc- 
itor and Attorney Generals of England upon the subject." 
These facts and documents were sent to England and 
laid before the Board of Trade. Samuel Waldo, who had 
a large interest in the Muscougus Patent, was chosen by 
the Proprietors to go to London upon this important 
errand. Shem Drowne, in behalf of the Pemaquid Pro- 
prietors, also presented a petition to the Crown for the 
removal of Dunbar. Accordingly he was displaced ; but 
he remained in the Province about two years, when, 



108 WILLIAM YAUGHAN. 

tlirougli the influence of his friend Col. Bracleu, lie 
received the appointment of Lieutenant Governor of New 
Hampshire. Portsmouth became his residence. His 
property at Belvidera Point passed into the hands of Kev. 
Mr. Rutherford, between whom and Dunbar there existed 
terms of friendship. 

His office in New Hampshire was no sinecure ; and after 
about three years he left it, went home to England — was 
prevailed upon for $2,000 to relinquish his situation as Sur- 
veyor of the King's woods, and was appointed to the Gov- 
ernorship of St. Helena, by the East India Company, 
where he died. His widow afterwards married a man by 
the name of Henderson and spent the remainder of her 
days at St. George. 



CHAPTER XIX 



WILLIAM YAUGHAN. 

As early as 1730, William Vaughan of Boston, and son 
of the Lieutenant Governor of New Hampshire, came to 
Damariscotta Fresh Falls and commenced a settlement. 
He claimed under the Brown title as far East as Pem- 
aquid Pond ; and West, to Mill River ; Samuel Kennedy 
says," to "Sheepscot upper great falls." James Noble, 
Esq., and Elliot Yaughan, Esq., his brother came with 
him. In 1730, he built two double saw mills and a grist 
]uill ;i- and began to farm out the lands and introduce 
settlers. His men used to cut the meadows on Mill Brook 

* See (lepositiou 1765. 
I Col. Win. Joues. 



tappan's arrival and proceedings. ■ 109 

stream, Deer Meadow and Burnt Camp Meadow ; and 
from Can aim Winslow's fence to the head of Damariscotta 
Pond, on both sides. He died 1755, the year after Cape 
Briton was captured. Previous to his death, he bequeathed 
to Mary Mercy and Jenny Campbell each 100 acres of 
land. He also devised by will lands to others. Damaris- 
cotta Pond in his day was called "Yaughan's Pond ;" and 
deeds of land lying on both sides of that body of water, 
were said to be bounded on one side by "Vaughan's Pond." 
He was a man of energy and good business capacity, 
and helped to introduce many settlers around Damaris- 
cotta Pond. In 1710, he built a house which was after- 
wards consumed b}' fire ; and it is supposed that the 
grants and title deeds whicji Dunbar gave to settlers were 
burnt up in it. 

After his death, his right passed over to Elliot Vaughan 
and James Noble, Esqs. Noble afterwards married his 
widow ; and it was from this gentleman, that the town 
Nobleboro derived its name. At first, there was strong 
opposition to it ; but at last the inhabitants acquiesced 
in the appellation. 

After the war, Vaughan, not feeling secure in his title, 
went to England to get it confirmed by the king, but never 
returned. His heirs, however, and grantees, remained 
undisturbed in their possessions. 



CHAPTER XX 



TAPPAN'S ARRIVAL AND PROCEEDINGS. 

In 1733 Tappan arrived in Shee])scot and commenced to 
survey his lands. According to the testimony of James 



110 tappan's arrival and proceedings. 

Cargill, lie commenced at Nickel's Mills, ran down tlif 
Cauasixet river, southerl}', to the end of the Neck, where 
Francis Dodge resides ; thence Northerly, following the 
shore to the Town Cove, in front of the Gairison ; thence 
they continued on a distance of five miles from the end of 
the Great Neck, to where Daniel Anderson afterwards re- 
sided, a little to the North of the School house in the 
Woodbridge neighborhood. Cargill's father, David Cargill 
was surveyor ; James Canjpbell Avas agent ; William Ken- 
nedy and Solomon Hopkins were chairmen; and James 
Forester carried the pack. There they drove down a 
stake. 

The}' then commenced to survey the lots. They began 
at the Southern extremity and cpntiniied on Northerly, be- 
tween Canasixet river and Grumble's reach, and then be- 
tween Canasixet river and the road that runs Northeasterly 
from James Preble's to the Woodbridge neighborhood, till 
they had numbered forty-five lots. This is as far as Tap- 
pan sold in his life time. His heirs, how-ever, claimed to 
the North line of the town. Between the road running 
Northeasterly from James Preble's, and that which runs 
over Garrison Hill to the North and then the river as a 
western boundary; he surveyed fourteen ten acre lots. 
These lay side by side, and commenced at the road that 
runs by David Kennedy's, and continued on as far as Henry 
Freeman's. The estate of the late Capt. Thomas Lennox 
now embraces two of those lots. These were designed as 
" Home lots," and the " Out lots" were those already 
named. 

Tappan's lots professedly had one hundred acres in each 
of them ; but it is said they fell sliort, some of them hav- 
ing no more than 8G acres. When the settlers discovered 
it, there was great disturbance among them ; and to ap- 
pease the rising wrath and settle the difficulty, for they 
had taken deeds and paid, some in part, and some all for 
their lands, before the error was discovered, Tappau gave 



tappan's akrival and proceedings. Ill 

two lots, one to him wlio should be the first settled minis- 
ter ; and the other to the inhabitants of Sheepscot, as a 
parsonage or glebe forever. This composed the trouble 
and allayed the storm. Mr. Tap})an also gave two town 
landings ; one to the south of Garrison Hill including the 
Cove, and the other to the North, extending from Jotham 
Clifford's store to the late Thomas Lennox's line, including 
the Heter piece known as the " Diamond." He also gave 
a " Common " extending from the South landing to the 
Xorth landing. The meeting house, the school house, Al- 
fred AVilson's former shop and garden all stand on the com- 
mon which Tappan donated to the town. The lots of 
Thomas Wiseman, Charles Cargill and William Williams 
extend npon this common. The town gave Mr. Kennedy 
the liberty to fence in and improve the South landing, on 
condition that it should be returned to the town whenever 
demanded.* 

Tappan also gave the burying ground, and the land next 
Xorth of it, lying between the street and the river ; and a 
strip that extended up to Patrick Lennox's line. The late 
Samuel Averill fenced in the Diamond and also the field 
in which his house stands, and improved it. When the 
question of titles was raised, and the settlers began to feel 
insecure as respects the validity of their deeds which Tap- 
pan had given them, the general court passed a law, giving 
them a Quitclaim Deed from the State, with the guaranty 
that they should be undisturbed in their possessions, on 
condition that they should pay into the state treasury ten 
cents an acre for their lands. This was a mere nominal 
sum, and was demanded onl)' to meet the expenses in- 
curred in the case. Mr. Avery took a Quitclaim Deed from 
the state for Avhat he had enclosed, by i)aying ten cents 
an acre ; and he and his heirs have remained in undis- 
turbed possesion of it ever since. It is valuable land and 
is held at a high price.f Avery purchased his house and 
lot of James Carney, Esq. 

*Towu Records. tCant. .Tolm Holmes and others. 



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LAWSUITS AND LAND TROUBLES. 



CHAPTEE XXI. 



LAWSUITS AND LAND TEOUBLES. 

In 1733, June the 9th, being the sixth year of the reign of 
George the Second, Mr. Tappan made an agreement with 
two men, John Pearman and Joseph Winter, to have and 
improve all the land "lying and being on Damariscotta 
river, beginning at the Run of water, next to the place 
where Dr. AVinslow now dwells ; and so to run upwards by 
the salt river side, round the rock, to the upper end of the 
salt meadows, and thence up the fresh meadows, and 
from thence up a straight line southwesterly, till a line 
fi-om the northerly side of the upper end of the aforesaid 
run of water shall meet it." 

Dr. Wins low lived where the late Mrs. Barstow resided. 
The ran of water was larger in his day than now. The 
rock was in the Salt Bay, the fresh meadows, those lying 
over to the west. Dr. Winslow received his title from his 
skill in curing horses and cattle. He sometimes tried his 
hand upon sick people with good success. 

These two men who had resided at Damariscotta, were 
allowed to cut what hay, fresh and salt, they might need 
for the use of the stock ; and they were required to clear 
and break up at least six acres of land, in addition to what 
was already under improvement. The time of their lease 
would expire in six years ; and they were to have the sole 
use of this land, imless Tappan should see fit to introduce 
other settlers there. Tappan was to have one half the 
butter and cheese made on the place ; one half of the wool, 
and one half of the increase of cattle, sheep and swine. 
The house where Pearman resided was to be repaired by 



LAWSUITS AND LAND TROUBLES. 115 

him and "Winter, Tappan finding " timber, boards and 
nayles." 

It will be perceived that this lease of land embraced the 
southern portion of the tract claimed by Wm. Vaughan. 
Depositions afterwards taken, show that Vaughan claimed 
the meadows upon Mill river and that he fenced " from 
where old Mr. Cornelius Jones now lives, along side the 
hill till it comes to Mr. Winslow, southward of Christopher 
Hopkins' house."* 

Hence the collision. Tappan met Vaughan in a plea of 
ejectment, and lays his damages at ten thousand pounds. 
The persons prosecuted were William Vaughan, Ichabod 
Lin scot, Josiah Clark, William Blackstone, Bray Deering 
and John Deering. 

The case was tried at the York Session of the Court of 
Common Pleas, July, 1741. It was a question of title — 
Indian title — Phillips against Brown. Tappan lost the 
case ; but he carried it up to the Superior Court, which 
was held at the same place, June, 1742. William Vaughan. 
then, in behalf of the rest, prosecuted, became the sole de- 
fendant, as his case would settle all the rest, they having 
purchased of him. But Tappan was unfortunate enough 
to lose his case the second time ; and with it his title to 
Damariscotta Falls, and the lands upon both sides of the 
Pond and the western and southern side of the Salt Bay. 

The property involved in this lawsuit was a " Mesuage, 
seven cottages, two double sawmills, and one grist mill, 
with fifty acres of land," whereon these buildings stand. 
But Vaughan held all he claimed ; and many settlers held 
their lands by deeds received from him. 

It was a heavy burden for Tappan. He lost his mill 
site, his property, his case ; and the cost of Courts were 
thrown upon him. 

Vaughan, however, did not remain secure in his posses- 



*Robert Hodge's testimony. 



116 LAWSUITS AND LAND TROUBLES. 

sion. Although cleared of Tappan, there were other 
troublers beside him. Five years before his death, and 
only eight years after this decision, the country there- 
abouts was thrown into great commotion, because they 
heard that a " settlement " was making up in the Kenne- 
bec, under the authority of the Kennebec Patent, to come 
and settle in this territory. This company claimed as far 
east as Vaughan's Pond. 

And in June, 1763, Jonathan Cook, Jonathan Jones, 
John Jones, and«"a great number of other men" entered on 
premises claimed by Noble, built a sawmill, fenced in a 
large tract of land, and gave out that " they would hold it 
with a strong hand." This mill site and land was on the 
East side of Damariscotta Pond, about six miles above the 
falls. The pond was fed by a swamp, and by the snows of 
spring ; but was sometimes dry in summer. 

Besides these, there was a Thomas Fallausbee, in subse- 
quent years, who claimed under Tappan, that troubled 
these settlers exceedingly. It was hard for them, having 
once paid for their lands, to be called upon to pay again to 
some other person than the one from whom they had re- 
ceived their title Deeds. Some of these settlers were 
called upon by two or three claimants ; and they j)aid for 
their laud more than once, and still they were threatened 
with new lawsuits. The whole thing was wrong in princi- 
ple. The Indians were the true owners and lords of the 
soil ; and they only had the right of disposal of it. This 
should ever have been acknowledged by Courts, Legislatures 
and Crowned heads. Then, those who took Indian deeds, 
should have been more definite as to boundaries. They 
bought land by " junks," and not by definite metes and 
bounds. And then, the grants made in England, if they 
must assume a power of that kind, should have been more 
specific and made with gi'eater care. As it was, it seemed 
as though crafty men on one side, filched out of " muddled " 
brains on the other, just what they desired. The grants of 



GOV. BELCHER. 117 

those days looked more like children's play, or of men who 
saw " double," than of M'ise, intelligent, sober and upright 
men. Deed lapped on deed ; grant overreached grant ; 
patent swallowed up patent ; claimant opposed claimant ; 
and authority constantly clashed witli authority. 

The settlers were honest when they took their deeds, 
and paid for their lands ; and those who gave the titles, 
were supposed to be as honest as they ; but there was no 
power on earth that was able to solve this difficulty ; and 
never was peace restored and the trouble allayed till 1811, 
when the Commissioners proposed a compromise : — the 
claimants should remit their claims to these lands, and 
take their value in Eastern wild lands, at a fixed price. 
The claimants under the Brown and Tappan rights — those 
two who claimed under Shem Drowne and the Kennebec 
Patent, as well as all other claimants, assented to this 
arrangement ; — peace was restored — harmony established 
— and every settler now sits under his own vine and fig 
tree, having no one to molest or make him afraid. 



CHAPTER XXII 



GOV. BELCHER. 

In the year 1730, Mr. Jonathan Belcher, a native of 
Boston, then in Ijondon, procured the appointment of 
Governor for himself. He was of a good mind, a graceful 
person, easy manners, and had been a great traveller. Six 
years he had been in Europe ; twice at the Court of Han- 
over, and he had received a valuable gold medal from the 
Princess Sophia. He had a high sense of honor ; and on 



118 GOV. BELCHEK. 

the 8tli of August, he arrived in Boston, the Governor of 
Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. 

One of the first Acts passed during liis adujinistration. 
was, against duels. Several had been fought, and the law 
enacted that the body of the party so falling, and also the 
body oS his antagonist, after his execution, should be 
buried without a coffin, by the wayside^ and have a stake 
driven through it, as a memento of the crime and a warn- 
ing against it. 

In the summer of 1734, he made an excursion into these 
Eastern provinces and visited Sheepscot, Damariscotta, 
Pemaquid, Machias and Passamaquoddy. At Pemaquid 
he had a conference with several Indians, and wishing for 
peace, treated them with uniform courtesy and kindness. 
Though some of the traders on the frontier had given them 
occasion for offence, yet the Governor received fresh assur- 
ances of their wish for a continued peace. He met many 
of the inhabitants of these parts, and was able to confer 
with them, with mutual satisfaction, upon the matter of 
Dunbar's recall ; for they had all viewed his agency as a 
grievance and public annoyance. 

There were, at this time, within the limits of the present 
State of Maine, about 9000 persons ; of whom more than 
1,500 were at Georgetown, Sheepscot, J^amariscotta,. 
Townshend, Walpole, Harrington, Broadcove and St. 
George's. 

The year 1735 was distinguished for the ravages of that 
terrible disease, popularly known as the Throat Distemper. 
It was in the month of May that it made its appearance at 
Kingston. New Hampshire, but it soon spread itself 
throughout New England. It was very fatal, especially 
among children. Throughout the [)rovinces of Maine and 
Sagadahock it spread aud raged at intervals, for more thaji 
three years. Its general appearance is described to have 
been — a swollen throat with specks of a color between 
brown and gray, a redness of skin, with eru])tions, as of 



GOV. BELCHEK. 119 

tlie rasli ; distress in the head aud back part of tlie neck ; 
great debility of the body ; and a rapid tendency to putre- 
faction. Parents, faraihes and neighbors shuddered at its 
approach ; for the children particularly when seized, were 
sick only a brief time, and then died. Tlie mortality was 
fearful for so small a ])opulati()n. Six and sometimes more 
were taken from a single family ; three and four would 
be buried in a day ; and many parents lost all the children 
tljey ever had. In Kittery one hundred and twenty-two 
died of this plague ; and in Arundel vast numbers, both of 
young people and children, were carried off. The alarm 
was so great that a solemn fast was kept on Oct. 31st, 
Avhen they sought relief from Almighty God whose servants 
diseases are, and whose arm can interpose and save even 
from the borders of the grave. The next year it was 
neither so generrd nor so fatal ; but in January, 1737, it 
broke out afi^esh in York and Wells, and numbers were laid 
'in their graves. In North Yarmouth about 75 died; in 
Purpooduck 26 ; and in Falmouth 49. In Scarborough so 
deadly was its march, that not a single one survived who 
was attacked. At Saco and Presumpscot Falls, it seemed 
the next year to riot on human life, baffling all skill and 
setting at defiance all medicine and human exeiiions. At 
all seasons of the year its ravages were committed ; but 
the greatest mortality took place where blood letting and 
cathartics were practised. 

In almost all other respects the people of Maine were 
contented, prosperous and haj)py. 'yi''"^^ was revived, 
business successful and industry rewarded. Applications 
were made for new towns, and tlie inhabitants were on the 
slow, but constant increase. Short crops abroad, however, 
put the people of Maine, in the year 1737, on a small 
allowance. As they depended upon other places partially 
for supplies, some had neither corn nor grain for several 
weeks. In April, the hay was generally expended ; eat- 
ables were scarce ; and it was said that not a peck of 



120 GOV. SHIRLEY APPOINTED. 

potatoes could he bought in all the Eastern country. 
Some may have perished with hunger ; and what added to 
the poignancy of the distress, was, the deadly throat dis- 
temper which raged in many towns. Many also died of 
the pleurisy fever ; and a relief from starvation did not 
fully come till the following harvest. 



CHAPTEE XXIII 



GOV. SHIRLEY APPOINTED. 

Aftee an Administration of ten years Gov. Belcher was 
removed, and William Shirley was appointed Govenor of 
Massachusetts and Maine. Benning Wentworth received 
the appointment of Governor of New Hampshire. This 
was in 1741. Gov. Shirley was an English gentleman, but 
had resided in Boston several years. He was a man of 
ability and address, had been bred to the law, and by 
living in the province several years, had become well 
acquainted with the habits, the manners and the wants of 
the people. 

One of the first acts of his administration provided that 
" Bills of a new Form " should be issued. Every sum of 
twenty shillings expressed on the face of them, was to be 
equivalent to three ounces of silver. All contracts should 
be understood payable in silver at six shillings, eight pence 
the ounce, or gold in proportion ; and these bills should be 
made a legal tentler in all public and private payments. 
If, however, they should depreciate in value, an additional 
sum should be paid according to the scale of depreciation, 
as agreed upon once a year, in a meeting of the eldest 



GOV. SHIRLEY APPOINTED. 121 

Councillor of each county. This new " Form " was called 
the New Tenor to distinguish it from all former emissions. 
These new bills however gradually depreciated, till they set- 
tled down to a level with the other older bills. 

The administration of Gov. Shirley was destined to be 
an eventful one. There were in 1743 in the provinces of 
Maine and Sagadahock about 2,800 taxable polls ; and in 
all places, both incorporated and unincoporated, about 
12,000 souls. The tax assessed on them the year ])revious 
was £332, Is. 2d. Every male, sixteen years old, paid 12d. 
Twenty shillings property paid one penny of the province 
tax ; and other taxes in proportion. 

As these provinces were greatly exposed in case of a 
rupture with the Indians, the people of Massachusetts 
determined to put the whole frontier in a state of defence. 
The Legislature appropriated, at this time, 1713, Xl,280 
for the defence of the Eastern settlements. The money 
was apportioned to fourteen ]ilaces and applied to the con- 
structing of Stockade forts, block houses, breastworks and 
walls of hewn timber and such private residences as were 
much exposed. 

Of this apportionment of money Arrowswick received 
£100, Sheepscot 100, Damariscotta 67, Pemaquid 134, 
Broad Bay 75, and St. George's River 100 pounds. Encour- 
aged by these appropriations, the inhabitants bestowed 
upon their public works a great amount of labor and made 
them places of considerable security. Fearing trouble, 
Fort George at Brunswick was made a pubhc Garrison, 
other forts were strengthened, and as a precautionary meas- 
uie, four hundred men were ordered to be organized in 
the county of York, into as many companies, and to be iu 
constant readiness, as "minute men," with every equip- 
ment, to march at the shortest notice. Besides a good 
gun and sufficient ammunition, every one of them was to 
provide himself with a hatchet, an extra pair of shoes, or a 
pair of moccasins, and even a pair of suowshoes. A small 



122 THE FIFTH INDIAN OR SPANISH WAR. 

allowance was made them for these preparations, and reg- 
ular wages from the time they left their homes, should they 
be called into service. 



CHAPTER XXIV 



THE FIFTH INDIAN OR SPANISH WAR. 

The war between the English and Spanish nations was 
proclaimed in 1740. Its influence was immediately com- 
municated to their American dominions, and gradually 
extended throughout the greater part of Europe. The 
French Nation resolved to enter into what has been called, 
" The Continental System," and determined to take sides 
against England. In March, 1744, the former power 
declared war against the latter ; and as soon as the event 
was known on this side of the Atlantic, the French Colo- 
nists, and the Indians in their interest, began their intrigues 
against their English neighbors. The scene was opened in 
Nova Scotia. The English had been in possession of this 
Province since the Treaty of Utreteht, 1713, a period of 
thirty-one years. 

Duguernel, the French Governor of the Island of Cape 
Breton, being made acquainted with tho declaration of 
war, two months before it was known in Boston, resolv.nl 
to gain time by an immediate attack upon Canseau, a 
small island situated on an excellent harbor, at the South- 
eastern extremity of the Peninsula. For this purpose, he 
despatched Gen. Duvivier, with a regiment of 800 or 900 
men, in a few, small armed vessels, who, landing upon the 
Island May 18th, 1844, laid claim to it, burned the houses, 



THE FIFTH INDIAN OR SPANISH WAR. 123 

made prisoners of the Garrison and inhabitants, and took 
possession of a small armed vessel, lying at anchor in the 
harbor, as a prize. 

Annapolis, in Nova Scotia, was the next object of attack. 
Mascarine, the successor of Phillips, was then Governor of 
the place. He was first apprized of hostilities by a sudden 
attack of 300 Indians upon the garrison, that were led on 
by Monsieur Luttre, a French Missionary, who boldly 
demanded a surrender. This was on May the 3bth. But 
the Governor refused to capitulate ; and forthwith sent an 
express to Shirley, Governor of Massachusetts, desiring 
assistance. Meanwhile Duvivier, arriving with his troops, 
joined Luttre, and they both invested the place till the 
third of July, when a reinforcement of four companies 
from Massachusetts couipellei them to retire. During the 
seige, they had surprised and killed as many of the Eng- 
lish as could be caught without the fort. They also 
destroyed their cattle and burnt their dwellings. 

Maine and Massachusetts were immediately aroused. 
The Governor, with the advice of the Council, Oct. 20th, 
of the same year, declared war against all the Indian tribes 
who were situated to the Eastward of the one upon the 
Passamiquod ly Bay ; forbid ling those to the Westward 
of a line three miles to the Eastward of that river to have 
any correspondence with those Indian rebels. 

There were, at this time, within the limits of Maine, 
2,855 able bodied and fencible men. These were organ- 
ized into two regiments ; one consisting of 1,565 troops, 
commanded by Col. Wm. Pepperell, of Kittery, and the 
other of 1,293 troops, to be commanded by Col. Samuel 
Waldo, of Falmouth. Two hundred and seventy of these 
troops were at George's and Broad Bay ; fifty at Pema- 
quid, and fifty at Sheepscot. As it was designed to move 
on the expedition to the Eastward immediately, where all 
their troops would be needed, it was determined to dis- 
charge such men as had been drafted, and draw out 100 



124 THE FIFTH INDIAN Oil SPANISH WAR. 

effective troops from Pepperell's regiment, and form them 
into eight guards. These they would station at as man y- 
different points, in the provinces, where they might be 
most needed. At AViscasset 14 were stationed to scout as 
far as Capt. Vaughan's Block house on Damariscotta. 
This Block house, or Garrison., was at Damariscotta Mills, 
on the West side of the river, and a little South of the road 
that leads from the l)ridge which crosses the stream, up by 
the Catholic Church. Another company of 14, at his 
Block house, were to scout East as far as Broad Bay ; 
and a third company of 14 were stationed at Broad Bay, 
whose duty was to scout to the Block house at George's 
river. 

It was then resolved that Louisburg must be taken ; and 
the French driven out of Nova Scotia and the island of 
Breton. This city was strongly fortified. The French had 
held possession of it 25 years ; and it had cost the Crown 
thirty millions of livres, nearly 6,000,000 of dollars. It 
was called the Gibralter of America, on account of its 
great strength. Yet the fiat had gone forth that Louis- 
burg must fall ; for there could be no security to the East- 
ern Provinces, as long as this important place was in the 
hands of the French. Massachusetts was thoroughly 
awake and ready to do her part in this important matter. 
Her troops, united to those of Maine, proceeded at once to 
the scene of action. On the 26tli of Jan., 1745, the Resolve 
passed the General Court, to proceed on the expedition 
against Louisburg ; The measure, however, was carried by 
a majority of only one vote ; so doubtful was the Legisla- 
lature, as to the expediency and wisdom of the measure. 
It, however, grew into favor with the peo])le ; and soon a 
fleet consisting of 13 vessels, besides trans})orts and store- 
ships, carrying 4,000 men and 200 guns, was ready to sail. 
Pepperell, raised to a Lieutenant General, was put in com- 
mand of the expedition. When it was first proposed to 
him, he hesitated, as to accepting the office ; but being 



THE FIFTH INDIAN OR SPANISH WAR. 125 

encouraged by the Rev. Mr. Whitefield, wlio was then in 
this country, he accepted. Whitefield selected, for liiin, 
this motto: "Nil (lespercmfhini, C/m'sfo duce:' "Never 
despair, where Christ is leader." This being accepted, 
gave the expedition the air and popularity of a modern 
ci'usade. 

The second ih comn)and was Samuel Waldo, who was 
commissioned Avith the rank of Brigadier General, This 
man was a native of Boston, and extensively interested in 
the Muscongus Patent. His father was Jonathan W^aldo, 
a merchant of that place. The son had charge of the York 
County Regiment. 

Among the colonels from the Province of Maine, was 
William Vaughan of Damariscotta. 

This man had been about 15 years in the country; and 
besides being largely interested in the business matters of 
that place, he had been extensively engaged in fishery. 
He was a man of clear and correct perception, good judg- 
ment, and of a bold enterprising inind. He shrank from 
no obstacle, and with erect step would move onward, 
when others might falter and fall around him. 

Being largely concerned in the Eastern fisheries, he had 
learned something of Louisburg, though he had never seen 
it. And he it was, that first represented to the Governor 
of Massachusetts, the practicability of a surprise of the 
city in the winter time, wlien the deep snow drifts would 
admit an easy passage over the walls. But his influence 
was felt in planning and moving that expedition. He had 
no particular command assigned him, preferring the trust 
of such special duties as the Chief Commander might con- 
sider best suited to his bold and adventurous spirit. 

Many of the settlers about George's river went with 
their families, on this expedition to Louisburg. Some of 
them remained there for several years ; and some never 
returned. William Burns, of Broadbay, took a commis- 
sion from the government and raised a company to de'end 



12() THE FIFTH INDIAN OR SPANISH WAR. 

the County ; and Lis brother had command of one of the 
transports in the siege of Louisburg. 

In March 19, 1745, Pepperell received his instructions 
from Governor Shirley, and put to sea ;; and on the fourth 
of April he arrived at Canseau. On the 23d he was joined 
by four ships of war from the AVest Indies, which had 
been ordered there by the home Government, when the 
siege of the place was formidably co'.umenced. 

The primary objects of the assailants, was to invest the 
town ; and Colonel Vaughan conducted the first column of 
•400 men through the woods, May 2, within sight of it, and 
gave three cheers. He thence led them in the course of 
the night to the N(n-theast part of the Harbor ; where they 
burned the warehouses containing naval stores, and stored 
a large quantity of w-ine and brandy. The smoke driven by 
the wdnd three-quarters of a mile, into the grand battery, 
so alarmed the French, that they abandoned it, spiking 
their guns and retiring. The next morning Vaughan 
took possession of it ; and having drilled the cannon left 
by the enemy, which consisted chiefly of 42 pounders, 
turned them with good effect upon the city, within which, 
almost every s-hot lodged, and several fell into the roof of 
the citadel. While forming a batter}- on Green Hill — a 
position 200 yards nearer the town tluin the grand Battery 
•—within 1,550 yaxds of the Northwest bastion enclosing 
the Castle, and another 600 yards nearer, the troops were 
engaged fourteen nights successively, in drawing cannon 
from the landing, through a morass, to the proposed 
enr3ampment. Unable to use wheels, owing to the soft- 
ness of the ground, the soldiers constructed sledges, and 
with straps over their shoulders, wading in the mud to 
their knees, resolutely performed labor beyond the power 
of oxen. It was work which could be executed only in the 
night time, or during foggy days — the place being 
within view of the town and reach of its guns. Ducharu- 
bon, in the mean time, was summoned to surrender ; but 



THE FIFTH INDIAN OR SPANISH WAR. 127 

refusing, the siege was pressed witli gre;it vigor. At 
length, a third battery, phmted within 440, and a fourth 
witliin 250 yards, of the Western gate, were so far 
advanced, May 17th, as to do great execution. The next 
day, the Vigihmt, a French 64, being artfully decoyed into 
the midst of d^mger, fell in with the frigate Massachusetts, 
Capt. Tyng, to whom, Mfter exchanging a few shots, she 
struck her colors. This was an important victory. It 
gave a thrill to the whole fleet and army ; for she had on 
board 560 men and was richly laden with military styres 
intended for the Garrison. 

The siege was pressed ; and assistance having arrived 
by the coming of several war ships, it was determined, on 
the 18th of June, to make a grand attack upon the Gar- 
rison, by both the land and naval forces. This being per- 
ceived by the French Governor, on the 15th, three days 
before the intended attack, he wrote to the British Com- 
manders, Peppereli and Warren, proposing tei'ins of peace. 
The next day he surrendered the Garrison ; possession 
was taken of it on the 19tli, and the soldiers were allowed 
to move out, with their arms, music and standards. 

The news of the capitulation filled Europe with aston- 
ishment and America with joy. It was celebrated in the 
principal towns by the ringing of bells, bonfires and other 
festivities. 

The labor and faligue of the troops was excessive ; but 
in the capitulation, they received 650 veteran troops, 1,310 
Militia men, the crew of the Vigilant, and about 2,000 
inhabitants. These w-ere not to bear arms against Eng- 
land for 12 months. 76 cann(m and mortars fell into the 
hands of the victors, besides property and provisions, t(» 
an immense amount. 

In this resplendent victory, troops from Maine bore an 
important part; and one of the most efticient (/olonels 
there was in that expedition, went from the b.-mks of tlu' 
Damariscotta, 



128 FIFTH INDIAN WAK, 



CHAPTER XXV. 



FIFTH INDIAN WAR. 

Scenes of blood were about to be re-enacted in America, 
The _year 1745 is one of the different shades and colors. 
The Spanish war which had been commenced in 1839, was 
participated in by the French, and is now succeeded by. 
and terminates in, a distressing^ and bloody Indian war. 
The clouds for sometime had been lowering, and the storm 
was about to burst upon them. Savage animosity had 
once more been incurred, and savage hate and cruelty 
were now to be experienced. There had been witnessed 
the wildest joy at the announcement of the fall of Louis- 
burg ; but the natives of the forest soon laid aside their 
pipe of peace, and the woods rang with the war shout ; the 
tomahawk was sharpened ; and savage warriors lie in am- 
bush by day and prowl around by night. The drama 
opens at Damariscotta in Newcastle, and at St. George's 
July 19th, 1745. At Newcastle, outrages were com- 
mitted, and at St. George they attacked the fort, but 
could make no impression upon it. . They then set on fire 
a house that was garrisoned, and a sawmill ; burnt a few 
dwelling houses ; killed a great number of cattle, and took 
captive one of the inhabitants. A party of fighters soon 
after attacked Fort Frederick, but were unsuccessful. In 
approaching it, they met a woman, about 800 yards frou) 
the walls, upon whom they fired and wounded in the 
shoulder, and then one of them seized her. The report of 
the gun and her shrieks alarnied the Garrison ; and 
amidst the consternation and rising smoke, she broke 



FIFTH INDIAN WAR. 129 

away from them uml escaped to the gate. She was res- 
cued and the fort saved. The same month they killed and 
scalped a boy at Topsham ; at New Meadows they shot a 
horse and the man who was on him. At Nortli Yar)nouth 
they also committed depredations of a most revolting kind ; 
and on the 23d of August the Provincial Government 
declared war against all the Eastern tribes without excep- 
tion. They offered for every Indian captive or scalp, 
taken West of the Passamaquoddy, by a soldier in the 
public service, XlOO ; by a person having provision and 
not wages, X250 ; and by a volunteer without pay, ammuni- 
tion or rations, X400 as bounties. 

In less than two months after the proclamation of war, 
every town on the Eastern frontier was visited by the sav- 
ages, thirsting for blood. The present generation know 
but little about the sufferings and privation of the fathers. 
Shut up in their g irrison it was at their peril that they 
ventured out to cut firewood, to milk their cows and attend 
to other necessary duties. Their fields were unfilled, and 
the hay crop not being always gathered, their cattle and 
sheep died when the long winter had shut down upon 
them. Sheepscot and Damariscotta drank of the cup of 
bitterness equally with the rest. Seventeen hundred and 
forty-five was a gloomy year for those wan and harrassed 
settlers. 

It w^as a peculiar characteristic of the Indian to waylay 
and murder individuals and small companies. Thus the 
son of Col. Gushing, of St. George, was shot down by par- 
ticular aim. In the month of Septeml er, of this year, as 
three men were gathering corn at Sheepscot, two of them 
were killed, and the other wounded by a party of 13 
Indians firing from an ambush.* 

The spring of 1746 opened with terrible cruelty on the 
part of the savages. A large body of them, in the month 

* Smith's Journal, page 121. 



130 FIFTH INDIAN WAR. 

of May, attacked the Gilman settlement at Broadbay and 
reduced it to ashes. Many of the inhabitants were killed 
and others taken into captivity. The enemy fell upon the 
cattle at Pemaquid and made great havoc among them. 
May 27th, as five persons were returning from meeting at 
Sheepscot,* they were waylaid by fifteen Indains and fired 
upon; but through a remarkable Providence, only one was 
killed. Another, though mortal!}' wounded, by a well 
directed fire, laid the Indian dead at his feet, who was 
advancing with his hatchet, to despatch him. The others 
efiected their escape. 

At Wiscasset, a number of cattle were killed by the foe ; 
and Capt. Jonathan Williamson, as he was returning from 
the pasture with his cattle at evening, was taken prisoner 
by them and carried to Canada, where he was detained six 
months. The Indians let two men pass and they said the 
reas(m why they had not killed him, was, the Governor of 
Quebec wished for an intelligent man to give him a correct 
account of the situation of things in the English Provinces. 
They had long been watching for Williamson, and they 
took this way to secure him. Capt. Williamson came 
from the South of Etighind, a few years previous, and 
resided on the old Williamson homestead — the farm that 
includes the new Cemetery, in the south part of Wis(;as- 
set. He now lies interred there.f 

On the 7th of May, 1747, the Indians took a man at 
Damariscotta and killed his wife and daughter-in-law. | 

It was probably about this time that the GaiTison near 
Mr. Daniel Hopkins', in Newcastle, was surprised and 
taken by the Indians. Many of the inhabitants in it were 
murdered and scalped. They were going to bury the dead 
without coffins in one grave. But a young man, by the 



* Smith's Journal, page 123. 
t Mrs. Hannah Cushman. 
I Smith's Journal, page 179. 



FIFTH INDIAN WAR. 131 

name ot* William Jones, grandfather to Mr. Daniel Jones, 
took the first nioney he ever earned for himself, purchased 
boards and nails, and had coffins made for them, when 
they were decently interred.* 

In 1730, John Huston came from Boston, with his fam- 
ily, and settlerl in Wnlpole on the banks of the Damaris- 
cotta river. He had a grandson who was born in Boston 
in 1748, and wiis afterwards settled on the farm which his 
gr.-mdfather and father owned and improved. John Hus- 
ton, the elder, held his title under Dunbar, and though his 
son was afterwards threatened with a lawsuit by James 
Noble who claimed under the Brown right, Huston feeling 
secure in his claim, replied, " h« did not care if he was 
sued."t The estate has remained in the Huston name 
ever since. 

Huston the elder was taken cnptive by the Indians ; and 
at the same time his wife and sister were brutally mur- 
dered by them. John Huston, the grandson, was about 
ten years of age and remembered living in the Garrison, 
which was the general resort for all the people. 

At one time, when the people were in Garrison at Sheep- 
scot, the men were out to their work, and there were none 
left behind, but the old men, women and children. Sud- 
denly as many as twenty Indians appeared between the 
besieged and Joseph Curtis', driving the cattle before 
them. They were after booty and killed one of the cattle. 
The old men shouldered their muskets and resolutely 
stood in their defence ; which the Indians seeing, took 
flight and departed, taking the slain creature with them. 
Had they known how weak the defenders were, they might 
have ])resscd on and easily taken the G:^rrison. 

It was felt to be a necessity at this time to drive the 
French from Nova Scotia. For this purpose Massachu- 

* Daniel Jones. 

t John Huston's testimony. 



132 FIFTH INDIAN WAR. 

setts raised 500 nieii, Rhode Island 800, and New Hamp- 
shire 200. It was in the winter when the expedition was 
commenced. The troops from Massachusetts and Maine, 
to t1-e number of 490, besitles officers, proceeded to the Bay 
of Fundy. They were unable to reach Minas, as they 
desired, by water, whicdi was situated on the South shoi'e, 
on account of the atlvanced state of winter. Therefore 
they all landed on an uninhabited shore, eight or ten 
leagues to the West of it, on the fourth day of December, 
with 14 days' provision, which each man carried on his 
back. After an eight days' march of almost incredible 
fatigue, they arrived at Grand Pre, or Lower Horton, 
twelve leagues Northwest of Chebucto, where Ramsey, the 
French General, was encamped. 

Having no fears of an attack during the rigors of winter, 
they encamped in a very unguarded manner. Ramsey, 
a])])rized of their situation, soon prepared for a march ; 
an I alter performing a journey of 22 days across the 
country, at the head of 600 men, including Indians, he 
arrived in sight of the town. On the 31st day of January, 
taking advantage of a violent snow storm, he called forth 
his men, divided them into three ])arties, and attacked 
the English about tlu'ee o'clock in the morning. Aroused 
from their slumbers, they seized their arms and desper- 
ately encountered the foe. It was a terrible hour. French 
fierceness and savage barbarity on the one side, and Amer- 
ican valor and determined bravery on the other. 

Colonel Arthur Noble, brother of James Noble, Esq., of 
Damariscotta, led the English forces. They fought long 
and well, but the odds were against them. Surprised as 
they were — with a blinding snow storm bef(n-e them and 
overwhelmed by superior numbers, they at last gave way ; 
but not till their brave commander, four of his commis- 
sioned officers and seventy of his soldiers were killed, and 
sixty wounded. A part of these were butchered in a most 
barbarous manner. 



FIFTH INDIAN WAR. 133 

As a necessity, capitulation took place. The English 
were allowed to inarch off with only six days' provision, their 
arms, colors, music, a pound ot" powder ami a i'w m i 
balls to each man, but agreed not to l)ear arms in Minas 
nor Chignecto for the next six months. It was a dear 
bought victory to the French, as the very terms of capitu- 
lation show. They then proceeded to Annapolis, encoun- 
tering incredible hardships. Such, s;iys one writer o: tii.s 
account, was the sequel of this battle, though fought with 
a valor and obstin icy, that would have covere 1 the i with 
glory, had it been successful. It was a wild enterprise 
and owed its orig'.n principally to ShirW and Mascarene. 

The forces of the English were this year greatly strength- 
ened. Thirty men wei'e assigned to the Garrison at St. 
George ; 375 were ordered to scout between Berwick and 
Damariscotta ; Gener;d W;ddo was ordered to detanh from 
his Regiment pnlisted for the Canada expedition, 168 men, 
to relieve 182 Avho had been on service at the Eastward ; 
and 150 were detailed as "minute men" to take the field 
at the shortest notice. 

On the 28th of October, 1749, Commissioners from the 
Council and House of Representatives, met at Falmouth for 
the purpose of negotiating a treaty of Peace with the 
several Indian tribes with whom they had, for the last four 
3'ears, been at war. Their names were, William Pep- 
perell and Thomas Hutchinson of the Council ; and John 
Choate, Israel AVilliains ;i.nd James Otis of the House. 
They tarried here till the 14th of Ojtobev, liefore the Sag- 
amores appeared, when a treaty of Peace, having the 
Duiumer treaty ratified 23 years before, as its basis, was 
agreed upon ; and o i the 2()th, was signed by both parties, 
when they all returned joyful to their several homes. 

The war, however, only had a reprieve ; its spirit was 
not as yet thor(mghly subdued. The fires w(!re slumber- 
ing and soon thsy wera to bre ik out with unexam;)le.l 
ferocity to lay waste, spread and consume. 



134 FIFTH INDIAN WAR. 

There was a blooily affray which took place at Wiscas- 
set, iu December, only six weeks after signing the treaty 
in 1749 at Fahnouth. A company of Indians of tiie Cani- 
has tribe, got into a quarrel witli a party of whites, wheo 
one Indian was killed and two others badly wounded. 
Three of the white m iii, Ooadiah Albee, iiichard Hol- 
brook and Benjamin Holbiook, were appreheniled and car- 
ried to Fahnouth, where they were confined. Here they 
broke jail ; but after a while they surremlered themselves, 
when they were tried, but no jury could be found to c(^n- 
demn th(im. And it is well known that wiieuevm' a white 
person was tried for killing an Indian, even in times of 
peace, he would invariably be acquitted ; for a jury could 
not be impannelled among whom there were not some who 
had sufiered by the Indians, either in person, family or 
property. 

This served to irritate the Indians, and in the next year 
fierce acts of hostility were committed by them in various 
places. Sept. 11th, great damage was done at fort Rich- 
mond. A day or two afterwards, trouble was experienced 
by them at Swan Island and Frankfort, now Dresden. 
Sept. 13, a party of them appeared at Wiscasset and 
Sheepscot, set several houses on fire, took two prisoners, a 
man and a boy, and would have laid waste the neighbor- 
ing country, had they succeeded in capturing the Block- 
house. The alarm was spread to Portland and Pemaquid. 

Their disposition and determinatic^n manifested itself at 
other times and places, which filled the country with fear- 
ful foiebodings and the Government with anxiety. To 
meet the emergency, the Lieutenant Governor Phipps 
ordered 150 men to be detaclied or drafted and sent to 
scour tlie woods from Saco to St. George. Supplies of 
amnmnition and guns were put into the hands of Capt. 
Williamson, of Wiscasset, and Capt. Nickels, of Sheepscot. 
These were designed for the common good. 

Early in September, 1747, a company of Indians silently 



FIFTH INDIAN WAll. 135 

approjiched Fort Frederick at Pemaqnid. There were 
sixty of them, and about the break of day, their usual lionr 
of attack, they made their onset upon the stone w.dls i.f 
that fortress. The sokliers within the fort did not nunii)cr 
more than thirty; and the Indians supposing thein to be 
asleep, thouf^ht to take the place by surpiise. But unfor- 
tunately for themselves, they fell in with a party of five, a 
short distance from the pickets. Firing upon these, they 
killed three and wounded the other two. This aroused the 
Garrison, which the Indians furiously assailed for more 
than two hours ; but being unable to make the least 
impression upon its massive walls, they withdrew in morti- 
fication and chagrin. 

There were two female children* born in this Garrison, 
one of whom was Abigail Hall the daughter of Samuel and 
Lydia Blackstone Hall, who afte)-wards settled on the place 
now owned and occupied by Mr. Frank Smith wick. Sen. 
Mr. Elisha Clarke lived in a log house just in the rear of 
Leishman Clark's barn, which place he owned together 
with the farms of the late Henry and Benjamin Clarke, 
tnaking a large tract of land. He and his wife, Patience 
Blackstone, sister of Mrs. Hall, went over to the Garrison 
to see the babies, taking with them their youngest son,^ 
Ebenezer, and on their return, they asked their son which 
of the two babies was the prettiest ; and he replied, Abbie 
Hall of course. After they grew up he married Abbie 
Hall, with whom he lived happily to a good old age. They 
were never divorced, for they loved each other too well to 
be separated, and a divorce was a thing almost unknown 
in those days. In this age of light and boasted know- 
ledge, when we are confidently told that the world is 
growing better, divorces are so common that but little 
notice is taken of them and little is said about them. As 
we are drifting along, where will the end be? Time will 
tell. 

* Ephraim Clark. 



136 FIFTH INDIAN WAR. 

Ebenezer occupied the homestead during Hfe, and left it 
to his three sons, Benjamin, Ephraim and Henry Clark. 
There was also a death in the Garrison of a man by the 
name of Linscot. 

There was a Garrison "^ about a quarter of a mile to the 
North of Damariscotta village, the remains of which can 
be seen to this day. During the Indian war, one morn- 
ing, a woman wanted to go outside of the Garrison to milk 
her cow. She looked carefully around, but seeing no signs 
of an Indian, she went forward, but had hardly com- 
menced milking when she was shot dead by an Indian 
lying in ambush. 

An old Indian woman was going to inform some of the 
whites of a plot the Indians had formed against them, but 
was shot by a man who did not know who the woman was 
or for what purpose she had come. 

At one time there was a man in the woods splitting a log 
when four Indians came up to him as he was driving in 
the wedge ; and suspecting their plot of infamy, invited 
them to put in their hngers and help him pull the log 
apart. They did so ; but the man knocking out the wedge, 
the two sides of the log came together, caught their fingers 
fast, and they could not escape. Then he went and got 
his gun, which he took with him to the woods, and shot 
them all. 

* Mrs. M. Hitchcock. 



INFLUENTIAL MEN. 137 



CHAPTER XXVI 



INFLUENTIAL MEN. 

Capt. David Cargill came to Newcastle about 1730 
or 31. He was of Scotch descent and emigrated from Ire- 
land. He was employed by Tappau to survey his lands. 
On the twenty-third of Dec. 1741, he purchased of Mary 
Mulford, the wife of Elias MuJford, who was the grand- 
daughter of John Mason, all her right, title and interest, 
which she had in the tract of land that Mason purchased 
o^" the Indians in 1652. The price paid was ninety-nine 
pounds. His residence was near Weare Island, where 
Col. James Cargill, his sou, afterwards lived. He was a 
man of ability' and influence among the settlers, and was 
the father of a numerous family and posterity. In the 
Spanish war, he was Captain of a company of Militia, 
called out in defence of his country, and against the incur- 
sions of the savages. In Dec. 2, 1745, he was at Sheep- 
scot in command of the Garrison, and in addressing Gov. 
Phipps on military matters, among other things, he very 
sensibly suggests that '"if any of my company are dis- 
njissed, I pray I maj^ have the liberty to dismiss some that 
are not tit for duty." 

Col. James Cargill was the second sou of David Cargill, 
Esq., and was fitted by nature to perform an important 
part in the history of the colony. He was small of stature, 
quick and energetic in his movements ; at times hasty, but 
decided in his disposition, and prompt in the execution of 
every duty assigned him. In his disposition he manifested 
his Scotch origin, and often carried his partialities and 
prejudices much farther than prudence and discretion 



138 INFLUENTIAL MEN. 

would warrant. Yet he was a reliable citizen, and did 
much to give tone and character to the town and to pro- 
mote its interests, both at home and abroad. Whether as 
tjthing man — one of a committee to select a minister — a 
military officer — or a Representative to the Legislature, he 
showed the same decided, prompt, business-like qualities, 
as when at home teaching his children the Catechism and 
performing other necessary duties. In his religion he was 
a Presbyterian, but in his politics he was an American, and 
no one ever had occasion to question his loyalty "and love 
of country. 

Unfortunately, but growing out of the state of things, 
and we may say necessarily, there was a strong aversion 
on the part of the whites toward the savages. Every one 
partook of it, particularly in war, and Cargill, in common 
with others, had his full share of it. And this state Qf 
feeling will account for much of what has been deemed 
cruelty and harshness, on his part toward the enemy. 
Others have felt as bitter and been as severe towards them 
as Cargill was ; but his position made his acts more open 
and glaring than theirs ; and then we are to remember that 
the savages were cruel towards the whites, to the last 
degree. Major Moxy, an Indian chief, said he had killed 
nineteen white people and he wanted to live to kill the 
twentieth. And he showed Major John Farley the stone, 
in his field, where he had dashed out the brains of Mrs. 
Gray and her nine children. 

Now these facts and these feelings are to be borne in 
mind as we estimate the feelings and acts of Cargill towards 
the Indians. And the Indians used to complain, that if 
one of them murdered a white man, he was sure to be hung 
for. it, but if a white man murdered an Indian, a jury could 
seldom if ever be found to convict him. 

The feeling between Cargill and the Indians, was not all 
one side, but mutual. In the Plymouth Colony, it was 
solemnlv enacted as one of their Statutes, that no one 



INFLUENTIAL MEN. 139 

should discharge a gun on the Sabbath, except it was to 
shoot a wolf or an Indian. 

We apologize for no man's faults ; but as a historiogra- 
pher and in justice we must take the circumstances in 
which men move, to make up a full judgment respectirg 
the guilt or innocence of their acts. 

Cargill had the confidence of his townsmen, as is seen 
by the trusts they reposed in him. He was almost always 
in office, and as many as twenty years he represented the 
town in the Legislature. 

The Indians hated the name of Cargill, and would have 
nothing to do with them — not even to sell them a basket.* 
One evening some Indians, many years after, came to the 
house of Hon. Henry Cargill, Esq., the son of James, and 
asked permission to spend the night. Leave was granted. 
They asked the name of the family. On being told it was 
Cargill, they started and left the house, exclaiming : "Me 
no stay here !" "Col. Cargill ! he kill Indian ! ' " 

During one winter, a company of Indians encamped in 
the woods, below Mr. Isaac Dodge's on the Damariscotta 
river. t One of them was an exceedingly old man and was 
"stone blind." The other Indians used to draw him about 
on a handsled. Two of them took him one day in this 
manner, up to Benjamin Jones, a distance of three or four 
miles, when they all entered the house together. To see 
what the old man would do, they introduced Mr. Jones to 
him as Col. Cargill. Instantly, all the Indian fire in his 
bosom, burnt to a flame. He arose, and exclaimed, "Ah ! 
Col. Cargill ; bring him to me and let me feel of him." 
He wished to lay that powerful hand of his upon him ; 
and it was a long time before they could pacify him, by 
telling him it was not Col. Cargill but Mr. Jones that was 
before him. Cargill had killed his squaw. | 



* Mrs. Joseph Decker, 
t iNfr. Josiah Dodge, 
I Josiah Dodge. 



140 INFLUENTIAL MEN. 

Cargill owned a saw mill on Mill Brook to the North of 
the Bridge on the Sheepscot and Damariscotta road. One 
day in soring, while sawing there, as he was adjusting the 
log with his iron bar, rising and turning, he saw a brawny 
Indian with his raised tomahawk to smite him dead. 
Quick as thought, Cargill with his bar struck him across 
the chin and tliroat and ended his life in a moment. One 
or the other must die ; which should it be '? 

Col, Cargill was a man to make his mark, if not higher, 
yet deeper than many m round him. His residence was 
down near the water at tlie bend of the Slieepscot river. 
He afterwards built another house about half way from 
this to the County road, which he occupied till his death. 
The remains of this house were standing in 1850. 

On the 20th of April 1761, he renders in the following 
inventory to the town : — five acres of tillage land which 
produced fifteen bushels of corn, sixteen bushels of wheat, 
six of barley, two of y^eas ; — 150 acres of pasture which 
will keep 15 cows; — ten acres of Enghsh mowing ground 
that cuts ten tons of hay ; — 300 acres of swainp and 
meadow that cuts . . . tons oi hay ; one acre of orchard ; 
six oxen, ten coavs, 39 sheep and two swine. 

In another year, date not given, I find this inventory 
more than doubled in value. The totiil is =£456, 19s, 9d. 
Cargill figured largely in the troubles that the settlers had 
with the Indians ; and, like his father, was at the head of 
a company for suppressing the foe. During the French 
and Indian war, he received a commission from Cov. 
Pliipps to raise a company of scouts and proceed to meet 
the enemy. The proposition was accepted with readiness 
a,nd delight. 

The Government, at that time, 1755, had proclaiuied 
war against all the Indians, East and AVest, except the 
Tarratines or Penobscot tribe. These were friendly, and 
the State Authorities desired to maintain peace with them. 
They would probably have succeeded, had it not been for 



INFLUENTIAL MEN. 141 

the ill-advised and hasty conrse of Cargill. It was on 
July 1, 1755, that he started on his Eastern expedition. 
Illegal trade h;id been carried on between the settlers 
about Si;. Geargi ; and Governmaut, at that time, was 
offering a bounty of =£200 for the scalp of a hostile Indian, 
and X250 for a captive re-taken from the savages. 

Cargill* tarried the first night at Broad Bay — Waldo- 
boro. He tlien proceeded to the St. George, marcliing 
around and back of the settlement. He met there three 
men of the Garrison ; and receiving from them the infor- 
mation he desired, he persuaded them together with soim3 
of Caj)t. Nichols' rangers, to accompan)' him. He ihen 
marched his whole force to Burton's Block House. His 
company now consistcil of thirty-one, and after a rapid 
march of four or five miles, he fell in with an unarmed 
Indian, his wife and a child two )nonths old. Without 
hesitation they fired upon them, killed the Indian and 
mortally wounded his wife. She proved to be Margarett 
Moxa, a friendly Indian, belonging to a friendly family, 
and to a tribe that had not taken up arms against the 
English, and whom the Government was endeavoring to 
conciliate. When Moxa fell, she was returning from the 
fort where she had been on one of her accusto ue 1 expedi- 
tions of kindness, to give them notice of some hostile 
design. On their coming up, she held out her infant whom 
she called "Nit," and with her dying breath, requested 
them to carry it to Capt. Bradbury, the commander of t!i0 
fort. One of the party replying, "Every nit will make a 
louse," knocked the child on the head, before the ej'es of 
its dying mother ! 

Cargill then seized their canoe, and leaving nine men 
to guard it, proceeded with the rest of his party (except 
one who refused to go any farther,) about four miles. It 
was now about sunset, and they were in the neighborhood 

♦Williamson, vol. II, p. 314. Eaton's Annals, p. 93. 



142 DJFLUENTIAL MEN, 

of Owl's Head. Here they discovered a body of Indians, 
fired upon tluuu, and returned to the men they had left. 
' The next morning they exliibited the scalps at the fort. 

But the (leeil was regretted by the Government for its 
impolicy, and by the people for its rashness. Cargill and 
his band of men had stirred up a difficult}- which thfv could 
not allay. Being principal officer, and destroying innocent 
people who were at peace with the Government, and some 
of them known as decided friends of the English, he was 
seized and committed for trial, on a charge of murder. 
Governor Shirley immediately despatched a letter of con- 
dolence to the Indians, who had sufi'ered. Those of them 
wdio had lately visited Boston, were sent by Government, 
laden wath presents, and the entire tiibe of the Penobscots 
were invited to put themselves under the protection of the 
English and prosecute the offenders. Full assurance was 
given them, that the amplest justice would be dealt out to 
the parties concerned. Public opinion set, strong against 
Cargill ; yet public feeling was strong against the savages ; 
and feeling is not apt to discriminate. 

On the trial, Cargill attempted to prove that some of the 
St. John's and other hostile Indians were with the party 
he attacked ; and that their resemblance to the Penobscots 
was so great that he could not tell the difference. The 
Jury considered the case — prejudice lan high against the 
natives ; and — Cargill was acquitted. He had l.een in 
confinement two years. 

The fate of Margarett was deeply lamented by Capt. 
Bradbury and the people at the fort, "Never shall I for- 
get," said one of Cargill's party, "the deep and unappeas- 
able grief of the women at the fort, especially Margarett 
Lermond and Margarett Patterson, two young ladies in the 
flower of youth and beauty, when they saw the scalp of 
their friendly namesake, whom they had long regarded as 
a delivering angel." 

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offended and Government finally declared war against 
them. This was Nov. 5, 1755. 

And yet the Colonel was devout in his own way. He 
used to attend meeting, pay his Ministerial tax, have his 
children catechised by the Minister every Saturday, and 
everything must l)e done decently and in order. And wlien 
he attended church, someone was naughty enougli to bring 
in a violin to assist the music. As soon as the sounds of the 
instrument were heard, C irgill wonld seize his hat, hurry 
out of the house and there remain till the singing was 
over, when he would return and worship G.)d according to 
his conscience. He had a perfect horror of "the wicked 
little thing," and he would not stay where they had "fid- 
dling."* He objected to dancing, and when assemblies for 
this purpose, were first introduced in town, the venerable 
old man made his appearance in the ball-room to protest 
against it. But his influence was less forcible here than it 
was fighting with the Indians. 

When Governor Povvnal, in 1759,t undertook his expe- 
dition to the Penobscot river, for the purpose of erect- 
ing a fort there, he came fitst to Falmouth, where he had 
ordered the troops to rendezvous, wiio were to accom- 
pany him. He arrived there the fourth of M ly, and oa 
the seventh he reviewed Captains Herriclc's and Bean's 
companies, and saw them equipped and marched off to 
embark. He also reviewed Capt. James Cargill's com- 
pany, and gave orders for them to embark. Oa the 8':h, 
they set sail, in all 233 men, together with the Governor — 
the rest of the forces were to follow after — and on the 9Mi, 
at three in the morning, they arrived at the mouth of the 
George's river. The Governor and his suite lande.d at the 
fort. Capt. Herrick's company came up in a large sloop ; 

* Mrs. Joseph Decker. 

t Gov. Pownal's voyage from Boston to the Penobscot. See 
Maine Historical Collections, Vol. V. 



144 INFLUENTIAL MEN. 

but Ciipt. Cargill, with 100 men, tarried on board the Kin" 
George, waiting for further orders. It was intended that 
they should land on the East side of George's river at 
night. There were five Indians at the fort ; one of whom, 
Laurent, was hostage. On the 10th, others of the party 
arrived, among whom was Lieutenant Howard from fort 
Halifax. 

Capt. Cargill, wlio had not yet landed, came up from his 
ship to the fort to receive orders. He was directed to land 
at night, on the East side of George's river, together with 
three subalterns and 100 men. Tliera were three Carry- 
ing places from the St. George to the Penobscot — the 
Upper, Middle and Lower. Capt. Cargill was directed to 
proceed to the lower Carrjdng place undiscovered, and 
leave an Officer's guard there, with orders to let all Indians 
coining to the fort pass unmolested. But he must stop all 
going from the fort by fair means, if he could; l)ut if not, 
then he must use the force of arms. Then, he must pro- 
ceed to the Middle carrying place, and leave an Officer's 
guard with the same orders ; and so on, to the third. The 
remainder of the troops, he must bring back to the fort. 
The orders were executed. 

On the morning of the 11th, he fell in with some fresh 
Indian tracks. He thought the party consisted of seven ; 
but it afterwards proved that there were ten. He left his 
men and went to trace these by himself till he came to a 
camp of Indians ; he then turne.l' back and took with 
him Lieutenant Preble, son of Brigadier Preble and ten 
men, ordering four on the riglit flank, and four on the left, 
leaving himself, the Lieutenant and two others in the 
center. Orders were given not t!> lire. When he came 
near the camp, he discovered himself, and called the 
Indians to come in, as he ex})ressed it, to good quarters. 
The Indians stai'ted up, cried out, " No quarters, no quar- 
ters," and fired. Cargill then ordei'ed his men to fire. 
The Indians ran — two fell; — one rose again and fled to 



INFLUENTIAL MEN. 145 

the swamp ; — the other rose no more, and proved to be an 
old squaw. 

This morning, the Governor was engaged in fitting out 
his up-river expedition. The land force, of which Cargill 
and his men constituted a part, was directed to take with 
them seven days rations, and a surveyor, to measure the 
distance. 

At the same tinae they had a council of war, at which 
Capt. Cargill and Capt. Alexander Nickels, of Pemaquid, 
were present. 

On the 12th, Capt. Cargill was sent out with 20 of his 
men, and young Laurent, the hostage, to bring in his 
canoe. They found an ample supply of provision, hid by 
the canoe, in order to steal a march, which confirmed the 
suspicion, that all was not right on the part of the Indians 
who were at the fort. 

The companies were reviewed, equipped for the march, 
and sent to get their provisions. 

Capt. Cargill, who had been out all the night previous, 
and had been twice th;it day to the farthest Carrying 
place, was ordered to get his company ready to march. 

In the afternoon. Brigadier Preble assumed the com- 
mand and headed his men for the mouth of the Passa- 
gassawakeag — the river that empties into Belfast Bay. 
He had with him Capt. Herrick's company, 71 men ; Capt. 
Cargill's company, 74 men ; (Japt. Bean's company, 70 
men ; Capt. Nickel's company, 69 men ; making a total of 
284 effective men. A m<in by the name of Kobiuson, a 
hunter, was appointed guide The signal given to Preble 
by Governor Pownal, was, when he arrived there, he 
should build three smokes ; which being answered by a 
cannon on board the fleet, he should build a fourth smoke, 
to show the fleet that the report of the cannon was heard. 

On the 13th, the Governor set sail to go up the Penob- 
scot, taking with him materials for a fort, where he arrived 
on the 16th. The trip up the river was exceedingly chilly 



14G INFLNENTIAL MEN. 

and uncouit'oi table. The next day, at 4 p. m., Preble 
arrived at the month of the Passagassawakeag and 
exchanged signals with the fleet. The distance they had 
marched, according to the survey, was 30 miles and 64 
rods. 

The next morning Preble and his men embarked on 
board the fleet, when they set sail for the Penobscot. On 
the 17th, after " several puzzles," they reached the Harbor 
within Wasaumkeag Point. Oapt. Bean, with his men, was 
posted on the North Point of the Harbor. Capt. Cargill 
was sent with his company to take him round. He was 
also ordered to look for the Carrying place, make a signal 
when they had found it, ;ind to take post there. Here 
they all made a landing, began a clearing, dug three wells 
for water, and made a survey of the whole neck ; — Capt. 
Nickels with his men guarding the survey party. The 
carrying place was cleared of trees so that they could see 
from water to water, and the site of the fort selected. 

On the 22d, they embarked to go up the river. The 
next day they arrived within 6 miles of the falls. Here 
the sloop Massachusetts got caught upon a rock ; but was 
relieved after much difficulty. 

In the afternoon Brigadier Waldo lauded on the East 
side of the river, with 136 men, and yn'oceeded to the 
head of the first falls, about four and a quarter miles from 
the first ledge. Here Gen. Waldo fell, in a fit of apoplexy, 
at the age of 63, never to rise again. He had arrived at 
the limits of their expjdition, and falling, he exclaimed, 
"■ Here is my bound " : — undoubtedly meaning the bound of 
life. He was conscious and knew that he was going ; and 
this most natural expression was the last that proceeded 
from his lips. 

Here they erected a flagstaff; hoisted a flag and saluted 
it ; and then returned to the site chosen for the erection of 
fort Pownal ; 24th the troops were treated to a barrel of 
rum ; on the 25th, at evening, Gen. Waldo is buried ; 26th 



INFLUENTIAL MEN. 147" 

the Governor, svith Cargill ;ind 20 men, in the sloop Mas- 
sachusetts, left Wassauuikeag and sailed to Pentaget, 
Biguyduce, to visit the old French fort and other settle- 
ments. Here they raised the king's colors, drank his 
health, and the next day. with a fair wind, proceeded to 
Boston, where they arrived about sunset on the 28th. 

Cargill, at one time,* with two of his sons, took a canoe 
and went down to the mouth of the Sheepscot river a fish- 
ing. As they lay on the fishing ground, early one morn- 
ing, three Indians in a canoe, "pulled up" along side of 
them and ordered them to haul up their anchor, and follow 
them. Seeing the Indians were armed and they were not, 
they did as they were ordered and rowed to a small Island 
that was partly covered with trees. They then hauled 
their canoe up ashore as far as they could, and the Indians 
carried theirs up into the bushes out of sight. After get- 
ting everything arranged, the Indians said they thought 
they should let the boys go home again, but the old man 
must go with them and that they would never see him 
again. The Indians were armed each with a masket, and 
a plenty of ammunition. In the afternoon, one of the 
Indians started off and said he was going over to the other 
side of the Island to look around, and went away with his 
gun. The two remaining Indians laid down upon the grass 
and soon fell asleep. Their guns were loaded and the 
boys wanted their father to let them shoot them, and then 
they could easily dispatch the other when he came back. 
"No," said the father, "that would be murder to shoot 
men while they are asleep." But the boys plead to kill 
the Indians, for they would carry them all off and perhaps 
kill them. But the father said, " No boys, it would be 
murder and you nmst not do it." Soon after the other 
Indian returned, and just before night they saw a small 
vessel standing in towards the Island and " heading " 

* Capt. Joseph Caj-gill, his grandson. 



.148 INFLUENTIAL MEN. 

directly for tliein. The Indians concluded it was an 
American cruiser coniin<]; to pmiisli them and release the 
prisoners. Gathering up their implements and taking 
their birch canoe, they started o.T wit'i all possible haste 
to the other side of the Ishmd, telling their prisoners to 
go where they ]ileased. 

After the Indians had gone, they picked u]) some arti- 
cles that lay around in the grass, which they had left 
behind in their hurry to get away. They then launched 
their own canoe, and steered up the Sheepscot, " feeling 
much better than if they had shot the poor Indians while 
they lay there asleep." 

Henry Cargill, Esq. was one of the boys and he used to 
tell the story to his (diildren in subsequent years. 

Col. Cargill died at the age of 84, and his remains lie 
interred in the Ancient Burying ground at Sheepscot. A 
plain, white marble slab marks his resting place. 

Benjamin Woodbridge, Sen. was a native of Newburv, 
Mass, He received a college education, and at one time, 
thought of entering the ministry. He married Sasannali 
Tappan, daughter of Rev. C. Ta])pan, and came to Shee]!- 
scot about 1750. He settled upon the Southern point of 
"Mason's Necke," and was the first Representative to the 
G^nieral Court from Newcastle in 1774. Though a man of 
education and culture and of probity and usefulness, 
Woodbridge does not ap])ear to have been so successful in 
his worldly affairs as some. He used frequently to sol- 
emnize marriages, was entrusted with important (^flSces in 
town, and died, leaving a numerous and highly respecta- 
ble posterity behind him. 

Benjamin Woodbridge, Jan. came dcnvn here, when a 
youth, three j^ears before his father and family, and landed 
first at Wiscasset P(iint, where he rem line 1 six months 
and kept the books of one Grover, a trader there. Grover 
could neither read nor write. He had a tenacious mem- 
ory where he kept his accounts, and used to make marks 



INFLUENTIAL MEN. 149 

to denote particular articles an 1 tlunr prices. One of Ins 
niMrks Woo(ll)ri(l<ife was not al)le to undertnnd. As it was 
round he th()up;lit it must he a cheese. "Has it not a hole 
in it? " nsked Grover. "Yes," said Wooul)rid<^e. "Then 
it must 1)6 a Grindstone," said Grover. Grover had the 
first framed house that was ever erected in Wiscasset. 

Benjamin Woodhrid^jje, Sen. sent down stock and farm- 
iniT utensils in a vessel Avhich were landed on Mason's 
Neck, and then Benjatnin his son, went up there to take 
care of them and to carry on the farm. He boarded at 
Aberuethy Cargill's, who resided a little to the S )uth oi 
Addison Carney's. 

Capt. John McNear was a noteil man. He came to 
Newcastle early in the hi.story of the Colony, and settled 
near the apple trees where his cellar may now be seen, 
directly in front of the late Capt. R )bt;, Lennox's. The 
Indians had long been desirous of getting him, and at last, 
they succeeded. Twice they captured him and twice he 
was exchanged. 

The first time he was taken, was just at night, at the 
Marsh Bridge, as he was driving his cows home from pas- 
ture. At the same time Sunuel Anderson and AVilliam 
Hopkins were taken, ami carried and lodged in a Canada 
j lil. Hopkins came from Jefferson. The Indians killed a 
three-year-old colt, the meat of which they took along 
"witli theni, as food for the way. Anderson and H(j;)!cins 
(lied in jail ; but McNear lived t(^ return home. AVhen he 
had reached Dark Swamp Hill, whore was only a cow path, 
he saw one of his old neighl)ors, and for a little amuse- 
ment, raised the Indian war whoop. The neighbor, see- 
ing as he supposeil a veritable Indian, for McNoar had on 
sui Indian dress, thought sure that it was all ov n- with him, 
and exclaimed : "Well, if I must go to Canada, I must." 
Great was his relief and joy, when he found that beneath 
that Indian dress was the verital)le body and sjnrit of 
Capt. John McNear. They went home with quickened 
step, to receive a joyous welcome. 



150 INFLUENTIAL MEN. 

At another time he was thrashing in his bam, with his 
brother-in-law, Anderson. AVlien they were taking their 
dinner, the Indians crept up around the barn ; and the 
dog scenting tiiem, began to bark. The Indians showing 
themselves, a tight commenceil. Anderson broke one of 
the savages' arujs, and it is said knocked down others with 
the flail. The Indians fired and killed Anderson. McNear 
then surrendered. He was taken by them and carried on 
to a hill above Hartley Erskine's and near the "old 
Springer Mill," where a halt was made. The Fiench paid 
$15 for a scalp. He was carried to Canada. 

McNear had ten children, the youngest of whom, Mar- 
garett, was born in Garrison, after he was taken by the 
Indians, and whom he had never seen. And when asked 
by them, "How many papooses he had?" he answered 
"ten ; and one of them he had never seen." The Indians 
thought it very strange. 

This child, Margarett, Mrs. McNear took in her arms 
and went, one evening, from the Garrison to her house, to 
milk the cows. The Indians came around her, and she 
i ed to her house. Her two dogs protected the mother 
and the child during the night by keeping the dogs at bay. 

A third time, McNear came near being taken upon the 
marshes. There were a number of men at work on the 
marshes, round the point, AVesterly from the Marsh Bridge. 
McNear was left to the North and East oi' them, on the 
opposite side of the creek, to "cock up" the thatch. The 
Indians, seeing him alone, crept up and said, "Now, John, 
we got you again." John saw who were behind hijn, 
dropped his fork, and with a leap crossed the brook, 
exclaiming, "I'll bet half a ton of thatch of that," and 
escaped. The men dropped their scythes, seized their 
guns, and fired upon the Indians who hastily fled without 
their prize. 

- McNear was afterwards taken, carried to Bagaduce, and 
there confined in prison. He was reduced by the dysen- 



INFLUENTIAL MEN. l5t 

terv and slow fever, aud never expected to leave the prison 
again alive ; but, one morning, looking out through the 
crevice of the building, he saw some catmint gro\vin<^ and 
asked a man to make him some tea of it. He did so ; and 
McNear took a strong decoction of it which immediately 
cured him, and he was enabled to return home. He was 
Town Clerk a number of years — was a very pious man 
and died at the advanced age of 97 years. 

Capt. Alexander Nickels, sometimes spelt Nichols, came 
frojn Boston among the early settlers of the town, and 
took up his residence upon a knoll a little to t!ie South of 
where Capt. Charles Nickels, his great grandson, resided. 
He built it mill at Allen's Falls, on Mill river, where one had 
been built, the previous century. He had five sons, Capt. 
Alexander, Jr., Capt. James, Samuel, Esq., John Hill and 

Thomas."^' He married Hannah who died April '3, 

1767, aged 67. He was a mna of respectability, industry, 
intelligence and influence. He died Feb. 1, 1758, aged 67. 
He was Captnin of the Militia and was in more or less 
active service during the Indian wars. On the 1st of 
November, 1756, he was ordered to discharge one-half of 
his company, and on the 20th, to discharge the remainder, 
because the Indians then left for their hunting grounds in 
the interior. 

Capt. Alexander, Jr., was in town during the French and 
Indian war actively engaged in raising troops and other- 
wise, and is believed about the close of that period, to 
have moved to Peinaquid. After the close of the Avar, he 
presented a bill against the town for enlisting soldiei's, 
which the town allowed and paid. 

Capt. James Nickels was taken by the Indians to Can- 
ada* when Capt. John McNear was carried there, the 
second time. McNear, who understood the ways of the 
Indians, told Nickels to appear weak, when the Indiana 

*E. D. Robiuson, Esq. 



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y* 4 152 INFLUENTIAL MEN. 

t -^ 

NV S would want to wrestle with him, because they would com- 
t tA P*^^ ^^i'^^ ^^ carry burdens according to the strength which 
they supposed he had. Taking up with McNear's advice, 
'\ V V he let them throw him three or four times, when he "got 
^ ^ ^K mad," jind threw them, one after another, as fast as they 
* ^ would close in with him. They then concluded that he 

was a "powerful man" and let him alone. Nickels returned 
from Canada, purchased lauds and built his house to the 
Kovth ot Royal Wright's and a little to the East of Tib- 
bett's blacksmith shop. He was concerned in the "Tea 
' * plot" in Boston Harbor in 1773. Alexander Nickels, 3rd, 
James Nickels' youngest son, settled on the farm next 
North of Robert Robinson's. 

Ihomas Nickels, a young man, was killed by the Indians* 
and scalped, at the edge of an evening, as he was filling 
1 is pail with water at the spring, not far from the home- 
stead. The Garrison was near. Bushes were in the 
I neighborhood of the spring and the Indians waylaid him. 
Samuel Nickels, Esq., was in many respects a remark- 
-/ L able man. He w'as tall in stature, athletic in form, coni- 
mindiug in person, kindly in manner, even in disposition, 
a prompt and effective officer, of good business habits, a 
beautiful penman, a worthy citizen and loyal to the State. 
He held several public offices — was Clerk of the town for 
more than twenty years, and, to the last, appears to have 
ret.iine;! the confidence and respect of his fellow men. 

He purchased the tract of land between the Sheepscot 
lots which bordered East on Cavessix river, and the Daiu- 
ariscotta lots whicli lay up and down that river — and from 
"Freshwater Cove" — Isaac Dodge's, brickyard — to Alex- 
ander Nichols 3rd for a mere trifle — it is said about 25 
cents per acre. This included the Middle lots. He 
afterwards purchased as high up as Ebeuezer Clarke's, t 




* Mrs. Margery Robinson, 
t E. D. Robiuson, Esq. 



INFLUENTIAL MEN. 158 

This tract lie divided i)ito ten lots. The upper live were 
laid out East and West. The Southern five lots were laid 
out North and South. John Hill had one of these lots. 
Alexander 3rd had another. The Southern line of the Cross 
lots was about half way from the Town House to E. D. 
Robinson's." Robt. Robinson bought his farm of John 
Hill. 

Enoch Perkins, who followed coasting, bought fiftj' acres 

of "Squire Nickels" for 100 dollars, and paid for it entirely 

in N. E. Rum which he brought from Boston, t A per- 

fectl}' honorable transaction in those days. Times luivc 

changed. 

Samuel Nickels built the large two story house now 
owned and occupied by Orlando Delano, Esq. The frame 
is of Avhite oak, sound and "as hard as a rock." The 
house is now (1867) 103 years old and in good repair. 
75,000 bricks were used in the chimney which stands in the 
middle of the house. The wainscoting, made of the best 
lumber, is now as perfect as in the day when the joiner 
pronounced it finished. The heaviest gales don't shake 
the house in the least. Two years ago Mr. Delano took 
down one of the outbuildings, and he found the roof in 
sufficient order to shed the rain "without leaking a drop." 
The shingles (shaved) were the same that Samuel Nickels, 
Esq., had laid on in the da}^ of its erection, 101 years be- 
fore. Here Nickels kept tavern for many years. The house 
is a princelj' establishment and is beautifully situated. 

William McLelland:|: was of Scotch Irish descent, and 
came from Medford Mass., to Sheepscot about the year 
1731 or 5. He married Mary Ballantiiie, and after the 
Presbyterian Church was formed, he was chosen Deacon 
of it. He was a beautiful penman, and was Town Clerk 



* Mrs. Robinson. 
t Daniel Perkins . 
I Miss Mary Murray. 



15 J: INFLUENTLU:, MEN. 

from the fourth year of its organization till his death, 
which occurred in 1763. His records are as fair, save a 
slight coloring of the paper, as they were the hour the ink 
dried on the paper. 

He had several children. Elizabeth, the oldest, mar- 
ried David Murray, Esq. Margaret married Samuel 
Waters. There were three sons all of whom died young. 
Mary married an Averill of Alna ; Sarah, a Taggart of 
Pittston. One other daughter completed the famih-. 

WiUiam McLelland went into Garrison when his daughter 
Elizabeth was seven years old, and was in Garrison seven 
3'ears. This was during the Spanish and Indian war. 
One summer the Indians were so numerous that the people 
were obhged to go out in companies, guarded by armed 
men, to do their farm work. Bread was so scarce, as well 
as other supplies, that they were obliged to pick peas and 
eat them in milk as a substitute. 

One day, the women went out to pull flax ; and one of 
the number took her babe with her ; and after nursing it, 
she laid it down to sleep, wrap]3ed in a blanket, and went 
to work. All of a sudden the Indians made their appear- 
ance vrith the usual war whoop — when the Avomen leaving 
all, and that mother forgetting all, fled, in a bod}', to the 
Garrison. There was a fight, and the Indians were beaten ; 
and after the assailants were driven back the mother 
thought of her child. A party went in search of it, not 
doubting but Indian wrath had crushed it ; but contrary to 
all expectation the child had escaped their notice. The 
mother joyfully seizing it, bore it in ecstasy to the Gar- 
rison. It had not waked ! 

McLelland was Moderator of the Town Meeting in 1754, 
and when he died it was in the midst of his usefulness, 
and great lamentation was made over him. 

One day* wdien Mrs. David Murray — Elizabeth McLel- 

*Mr8. John Murray, 



i 



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INFLUENTIAL MEN, 155 

land that was — went out into the field to pull flax, she 
took her three joung children with her— two little boys 
and a daughter, 8 years of age. The boys she wrapped in 
a blanket and laid them down by the side of a log to sleep 
and told the little girl to watch them. While puDing, her 
attention was attracted by a noise, and looking up, she 
saw a large, Avhite-faced bear running down the hill, 
directly towards the children. Imagine her feelings! 
The}', however, were but momentary ; for the bear kept 
straight on his way — took no notice of the children — or 
tlie mother, leaped over the other end of the log from 
where the children were lying — and made, like a shot, for 
the woods between them and the river. She supposed the 
V)ear was chased. 

One evening,* between sunset and dark, when Mrs. 
David Murray was out with her pails to the spring, just 
across the road, a few rods to the East of the house, and 
had filled them both with water, a huge bear appeared 
from the thick neighboring wood, intent upon the prey 
before him. Seeing her danger, she ran for the house, as 
she never ran before, with the bear following after. But 
she had just time to reach the house with her pails, and 
shut the door after her, before the unwelcome visitor came 
up with her. She cooked and ate her supper, but Bruin 
was disappointed of his. On subsequent days, Mrs. 
Murray was careful to get her water for the night, at an 
earlier hour. 

Samuel Waters t came from England ; was a cooper by 
trade ; purchased the head of Dyer's Neck, from river to 
river, and resided on it. The country was wild ; but his 
strong arm and determined will soon made "a clearing" 
and created him a home. He was a very pious man, and 

* Miss Mary Murray. 
t Mrs Fitzpatrick. 



156 INFLUENTIAL MEN. 

did inucli towards sustaining religions ordinances among 
the people, and used frequently to have meetings at his 
OAvn house ; but like man}' good men he had some peculiar 
notions and Avays, which, at this time, seem a little singular. 
When his second wife died, a friend in sympathy remarked 
to him, "You have lost your wife, Mr. Waters." "Yes," 
he replied, "the loss of women and the increase of sheep 
will make a man rich." The last years of his life he spent 
in Jefi'erson, and when the bass viol, just purchased, would 
be brought into the house where he worsliipped, he would 
leave it, saying, "It is both base and vile." When asked 
" Why '? " he said, "they could play botli Psalm tunes and 
dancing tunes upon it." 

When asked a question which he did not care about 
answering, he would feign deafness — appear as though he 
did not hear, and would make no reply. He was a firm 
Presbyterian, and used to go to Waldoboro to partake of 
the communion. He Avas very benevolent ; and when, in 
the spring of the jenr, people used to come from Balltown. 
to catch fish, he would entertain them, free of charge. 

Robert Hodge, Sen., came from Ireland and lived where 
the late Capt. Thomas Chase resided. He died at the 
advanced age of 101 years. He used to go to ]3aniaris- 
cotta Mills on horseback ; and when there, one day, speak- 
ing about eels, they asked him how large a one he had 
seen in Ireland. "Oh," said he, "about as large as my old 
horse." He was a large landholder. He lost his facul- 
ties before he died. His nephew, Capt. Eobt. Hodge, 
built the house where the late Capt. Thomas Lennox 
resided, and kept tavern there. He acquired nearly all 
the ])roperty of his uncle. Hodge, Sen.'s house was after- 
wards taken down, and the present one erected in its 
stead. 

There were two "flankers," one to the North and the 
other to t4ie South of Hodge's house. They Avere once 
attacked by the Indians, and the rock that the Indians 



INFLUENTIAL MEN. 1-57 

iired from, lay just across the road in Caijt. Lcimox's field. 
He took it aAvay and planted apple trees in its place. 

Capt. Robert Hodge owned two of Tappau's ten {ic]i' 
lots. In his Inventory were two negroes, C;esar and Pliillis. 
a boy and girl. 

Capt. James Camjibel) alsf» owned a slave " bov," 
though an old man. 

David Murray was a man of superior talents and had a 

■wide and commanding iuHuence. He Mas an able Justice 

of the Peace — was Avell read in the huv — was tor many 

jears entrusted Avith the highest civil offices which it was 

in the power of his townsmen to bestow; — was a MiHti;i 

officer and distinguished himself in military ati'airs ; and 

when he died, a loss was felt that could not easilv be 

repaired. 

(^ Major John Farley, a man of good capacity", tine social 

( qualities and sterling worth, came in town in 1773 and was 

one of those avIio was destined to shape, in a large meas- 

/ nre, the destinies of Newcastle. He purchased land of 

an Englishman by the name of Powers; also of Nathaniel 

and John Winslow ; and finally the entire right whicli 

Woodbridge claimed to lands in that section of the town." 

His first residence was just inside of the " line of the 
highway and opposite McMicliaeFs residence," but he 
afterwards, 1780, built and resided in the house now occu- 
pied by Mr. William Trumbull. He Avas a tanner by trade, 
and carried on business there. He held several town offi- 
ces — went to Bagaduce as Major of the Militia, in the 
expedition under the command of Generals Lovell and 
AVadsAvorth during the Revolution — Avas frequently chosen 
a Representative to the General Court — Avas a State Sen- 
ator for Lincoln County — a District Elector for President 
and Vice President of the United States in LSOl, and cast 
his A'ote for Thomas Jefferson — Avas Treasurer of Lincoln 

* Jolm Farlev\s testimouA-. 



158 INFLUENTIAL MEN, 

County — first Postmaster in NeAvcastle on the Damaris- 
cotta side, and Agent tVn- the erection of the Batter}' on 
Daniariscotta Eiver in 1808. 

His son, E beneze r Farley, Ksq., was a member of the 
Convention that framed the Constitution of Maine in 
1 820 ; — A District Eh^ctor of President and Vice Presi- 
dent of the United States in 1828, and voted for Jolm 
Quincy Adams ; — Chosen a member of Governor's Coim- 
cil in 1829, but dedined ; — A Representative in the Legis- 
lature of Maine in 183'G, and Treasurer of town for many 
years. 

Capt. Alexander Nickels (Nichols) distinguished himstdf 
<luring tlie French and Indian war and was especially use- 
ful when Governor Pownal visited the Penobscot and at 
other times. It is supposed that he afterwards moved to 
Pemaquid. Alexander Campbell lived where Elias Bailey 
now does. James Speed's successor was Rev. Kiah Bai- 
ley. Present occupant, 1850, Gardiner Perkins. Speed 
and his wife were buried in their front field. Alden 
White's house is on a part of Speed's lot. Job Day lived 
at the foot of the "Big Hill" that was detached from New- 
castle and joined to Edgcomb. John Nickels owned 100 
Mcres at Freshwater Cove ; then came Thomas Campbell's 
200 acres ; then David Soames. 

John Taylor is the only one of the ancient families of the 
seventeenth century whose descendents now reside in 
Newcastle, Joseph Glidden, Sen., purchased and resided 
on the front part of the large estate which he once held 
■ here. 

Charles Glidden came to this country' as early as 1656, and 
settled in Portsmouth, N. H. He afterwards moved to 
Exeter, where in 1672 he took the oath of allegiance and 
(lied there leaving a large family. He is the first of whom 
V. e have any record in New Hampshire, coming thither 
probably under Mason, who was Governor of Portsmouth 
in Hampshire, England. In this County lies the town of 
(iliddcn. 



INFLUENTIAL MEN. 15V) 

From him descended Joseph, Tobias and Zebulon, all of 
whom were born in Lee, N. H. Joseph, the eldest brother 
•came to Newcastle from Durham, N. H., about the year 
1750. His first purchase of land of which we find any 
record was the 192 acres of the Wm. Vaughan estate, as 
per deed executed at Portsmouth, N, H., 1758. See map. 
To the above he added other purchases of land, two from 
Benjamin Jones, one from John Hussey and one from 
Joseph Taylor, all of wdiich bounded w^esterly on the 
oount}' road, thus obtaining for himself an outlet which for 
years he could not have had. In his purchase of Yaughan's 
Executor, he was restricted as follows: "That the sail 
Joseph Glidden is to build a house and to live in the same 
within six months from this date, and improve b}^ ploughing 
four acres of said land, in order that the country be settled 
and im]3roved." 

His purchase of the Taylor homestead was made in 
1774. How soon after this he occupied this place is uncer- 
tain ; but it was probalily in 1781, as Joseph 2nd was 
married in that 3-ear and all of his children were born in 
the old homestead wdiicli his father vacated for his use. 
In this place he resided until his death which occurred in 
1817. 

The southern wall of that purchase, extending from 
Damariscotta river to Glidden Street, is still standing, and 
the line went directl}- up over the hill, near the Academy, 
where the flag staff now stands. 

The house known as the "Glidden house" on "Glidden's 
Neck," was built by him and is probably 130 years old. 
Capt. Samuel Glidden, grandson of Joseph, Sen., when he 
w^as a young man occupied this house and lived in it for a 
number of years. Mr. Charles E. Metcalf has owned and 
resided in it since May, 1862. In 1854 Capt. Samuel 
Glidden informed me that many years before, the whole 
covering became rotten, when it was entirely stripped, and 
sUingled and clapboarded anew. Since that time it has 



I<l<) fNFLCENTlAL MEN. 

))een in good repair. It is a square two story house, uitli 
tlie front facing and overlooking the river to the South — 
the Oyster Banks to the East— and having an Ell that 
extends out towards the beautitul bay at the North. It is 
tinely situated upon a broad, fertile plat of gi'ound, and for 
])eauty is not exceeded by any residence in the vicinity. 

The frame of the house is of white oak, "all squared to 
a line," and is now, 185J:, in as good a state of preserva- 
tion as it Avas when it Avas framed. Not a sleeper nor a 
sill has become rotten ; but the wood has acquired a peculiar 
degree of hardness, common to the white oak wl\en kept 
dry. The house was boarded with thick, heavy boards, 
put on perpendicularly and then clapboarded. At the first, 
there was a cellar under only half the house, but it has 
since been made as large as the entire house. It bids fair to 
last, at least, till after this entire generation has passed 
away. 

Twelve children, nine daughters and three sons, were 
born to Mr. Joseph Glidden, Jun., when he occupied the 
house, the last of whom, Mrs. Bryant, died not long since 
at the advanced age of 86 years. 

When the elder Joseph Glidden pui'chased the place, he 
found a colony qf Indians inhabiting the Neck of land 
upon which the Oj'ster Banks are, where they remained 
and were tolerated for many years greatly to the discomfort 
of the old gentleman and his family. They would engage 
in criminal and destiu(;tive acts, and even steal tlie dinnei" 
from the table while the mother was waiting for the family 
to come and gather around. But they Avere tolerated and 
befriended for many years, notAvithstanding the many 
annoyances from their close proximity. 

When at the age of 82 years Jose})h, Sen. married his 
second Avife and lived to be more than 05. He Avas a man 
of gi'eat probity, devoutly religious, and one of the most 
esteemed citizens in toAvn. 

The families of Gliddens have been numerons i ,,1 i. 




The Joseph Glidtlen House, Erected in 1760. 



f 



INFLUENTIAL MEN. 161 

ilueiitial. The descendants of Joseph have been chiefly 
engaged in commercial and seafaring pursuits, while the 
other families have been engaged in that which has been 
both honorable and profitable. 

William Yaughan was one of the first Counsellors of 
New Hampshire and continued in office from 1680 to his 
death 1719 ; was made freeriian 1669, Judge 0. C. P. from 
1680 to 1706, and Chief Justice from 1708 to 1715. Dec. 
8, 1668, he married Margaret daughter of Richard Cutt 
who died Jan. 22, 1690, aged 40 ^-ears. Their son George 
Vaughan was born April 13, 1676. He married first, Mary 
daughter of Andrew Belcher ; second, Elizabeth, daughter 
of Robert Elliot and became the parent of nine children. 
George Avas Counsellor 1715, and appointed Lieutenant 
Governor which commission he held until the appoiutment 
of Lieut. Gov. John AVentworth in 1717. He died Nov. 
20, 1725. His son William Vaughan was born Sept. 12, 
1703. In 1722 lie was Lieut. Colonel and one of the prin- 
cipal planners of the expedition to Louisburg in 1745. He 
commanded a division under Sir Wm. Pepperell and was 
one of the foremost, and brave in battle. For many years 
he was a merchant in Portsmouth and finally removed to 
Damariscotta and settled 14 miles above Pemaquid. He 
made his will March 23, 1744, which shows who of his 
family were then alive as well as those who were married. 
He gives property to his mother Elizabeth, to his sisters, 
and to John Tarah Ross, Wilham and EHzabeth Bennett, 
Hunking and Margaret Wentworth, Cutt Mary Shannon, 
to sister Jane Vaughan and to Bro. Elliott Vaughan. 

He was a prominent and influential man in these parts 
and after the capture of Louisburg, was induced to go to 
England by friends Avho were anxious for his promotion in 
view of his distinguished services, and he died there of 
small pox about the middle of Dec. 1746, aged 43 years. 

In 1722, at the age of nineteen, he graduated at Har- 
vard College, and then he became a merchant in Ports- 



162 INFLUENTIAL MEN. 

mouth where he remained several years after the death of 
his father. But this not being a field suited to his tastes 
and wishes, about the year 1728, he established a fishing 
and trading establishment at the island of Matinicus, at 
the entrance of Penobscot Bay, where he employed a 
number of small vessels in the fishing business. Here he 
set up stages to dry his fish, and built houses for himself 
and his men, the foundations of which, it is said, are yet 
remaining, and are pointed out as the remains of "Scpiire 
Yaughan's village." From here he went to Damariscotta 
and made a large land purchase including Damariscotta 
Pond which then took the name of "Vaughan's Pond," 
and at the Falls he built two double saw mills and a grist 
mill, greatly to the benefit of himself and the inhabitants. 
At the commencement of the troubles with France, 
about 1743, Vaughan having erected a Garrison there, 
he thus writes to a friend at Portsmouth : "We are all 
well, though in other respects, exceedingly unfortunate. 
The times are likely to be dangerous in such a remote 
place as this. The people are hourl}^ expecting to hear 
tliat France has joined Spain in a war against England, 
and as the Indians are so much under the influence of the 
French, that if there are not some cautionary preparations 
taken by the Government to secure these parts, it will be 
dangerous for them to tarry here. The Irish people are 
not so much moved, as many of them have not been 
acquainted with the barbarities of the Indians, but the 
))eople in my concerns are mostly English, from Dover, 
Somersworth, Oyster River, Exeter, Kitter}- and Scarbor- 
ough, and are actually- about seventy souls, men, Avomen 
and children that live in my houses around me, and the 
men usually employed in my service. Some of them have 
had their fathers and mothers killed ; some their other 
relations ; others have been wounded in their own persons 
by the Indians in the former wars. They are in a great 
uproar, and sa}- they will leave the place if some security 
is not procured for it." 



INFLUENTIAL MEN. 163 

In 1812, in the controversy about the title of lancLs in 
Lincoln County, Nathaniel Rollins of Jefferson made the 
following important deposition. "My father told me, at six 
years of age, that he removed to Damariscotta, now New- 
castle, at the request of Capt. William Vaughan who also 
lived there. Vaughan had large ox teams which he used 
to let out to get logs. My father worked with one till 1745. 
He also assisted Vaughan in building a garrison to protect 
the settlers against the Indians. This fort Avas 100 feet 
square, built of hewed and sawed timber, about seven 
inches thick. Vaughan owned all the land on both sides 
of the. pond and on both sides of the river do\Mi to 'the 
ledges' which are about five miles below the toll bridge. 
I have worked for Vaughan, getting logs two miles above 
said pond. I am well acquainted with a meadow about 
one mile above the head of said pond, called Vaughan's 
meadow, which I knew persons to occupy under said 
Vaughan for many years. There are sundry meadows on 
the westerly side of said pond, about one mile distant 
therefrom, being within said claim, all of which I have 
often mowed, under said Vaughan. He put a considerable 
number of settlers on liis claim on the East side of said 
pond and river, and himself built a large house and lived 
in it, on the East side of said pond, and made large 
improvements there, set out an orchard, and built a large 
barn, and he used to have twenty yoke of oxen at a tim^, 
and a large number of cows, horses and other creatures. 
I remember once hearing said Vaughan and sundry old 
people (all now, 1812, dead) speaking about the land said 
Vaughan owned at Damariscotta, and Vaughan said his 
claim extended from the head of said pond to 'the ledges.' 
I also remember hearing him say that he purchased a con- 
siderable part of said lands of the Indians. And I know 
of and saw the said Indians come to Vaughan and get pay 
for land they had sold him. And he deliveretl them eight 
quarters of beef at one time, towards said purchase. After 



164 NEWCASTLE FROM 1753 TO 1882. 

the death of said Vaughan, I recollect one Temple who 
l)reteaded title under the Plymouth Company, came down 
and built on part of Vaughan's claim, and an action was 
commenced by Elliot Vaughan and James Noble, executors 
of Vaughan's will, against Benj. Hutchins, tenant of said 
Temple, and a special court was liolden in the garrison 
house, in which I then lived, and the Vaughan claim 
prevailed." 

Vaughan took an early and honorable part in the seige 
of Louisburg. He was present and took part in the fight, 
and when victory was obtained, a certain writer says of 
him, "lie was not only the priinum mohile, but the very 
thing in this grand affair. I have great value for his virtue 
in general, and for his solid, firm, intrepid, persevering 
temper." He was unquestionabl}^ a man of uncommon 
ability, talents, courage and influence. 



. CHAPTER XXVIl 



NEWCASTLE FROxM 1753 TO 1882. 

On the 19th of June, 1753, An Act Avas passed by the 
General Court for "erecting a place called Sheepscot, in 
the County of York, into a district by the name of New- 
castle." The inhaliitants found that they labored under 
difficulties, as a plantation, and that the state of the times 
required a more efficient civil organization than they then 
possessed. 

The bounds of the district were, "beginning at the Nar- 
rows, called Sheepscot Narrows" in Sheepscot River "at 



■NEWCASTIJE FROM 1753 TO 1882. 165 

the upper end of Wiscasset Bay, and so extending front 
said Narrows up the said river eight miles ; from thence 
Southeast to Damariscotta River ; and to extend down 
said liver eight miles ; and from thence to the Sheepscot 
Hiver, at the place first mentioned," The District was 
invested with all the powers, privileges and immunities 
that towns in tlie province "do or may enjoy," that of 
sending a Eepresentative to the General Assembly, only 
excepted. This was the first municipality established bj^ 
the Provincial Government, within the territory of Sagada- 
hock, reckoning Georgetown within the Province of Maine, 
and was the twelfth town established in the present State. 
According to usage, it received a Copy of the laws, at the 
public expense. 

The town is situated about fifteen miles from the ocean, 
and twenty-six Southeasterlj' from Augusta, It is well 
situated for Agriculture, Commerce, Fishing and Trade. 
The surface of the laud is broken ; but the soil is excellent 
and has sustained an active and thriving population. In 
respect to the number, representation and enterprise of its 
iuliabitants, it has always held an elevated rank among the 
sister towns. 

There are no records in existence of the organization of 
the town, nor of any of its doings up to March, 1754. 
Then there is part of a Warrant calling a meeting of the 
town, to be held in April, proximo. The date of the War- 
rant is March 20 ; but the date of the meeting is effaced. 
The annual Meeting had passed, and the names -of all the 
toAvn officers for that year Avere lost, except John Ballau- 
tine, Constable, and John McXear, Clerk. 

Among the doings of this April meeting was raising a 
committee of three to lav out a road froni Capt. Xickels' 
mill to Damariscotta Mills. The committee were Alexan- 
der Nickels, Wm. Blackstone and Samuel Perkins. It 
was an important measure, and was designed to ct)nnect 
. these two distant parts of the town by an indissoluble link. 



166 NEWCASTLE FROM 1753 TO 1882. 

At what time Nickels mill was built, is not now known, but 
it was some time before this. There was a Grist mill at 
an early date near the bridge, and a saw mill below. They 
also voted to lay in a proper town stock of powder for 
these "dangerous times." Wm. McLelland was the Mod- 
erator of this meeting 

The times w^ere indeed "dangerous." Fort Halifax, sit- 
uated three-fourths of a mile below Ticonic falls, had been 
threatened ; and some men murdered by the savages, who 
were at work upon its walls. The political horizon looked 
dark ; clouds were arising and the storm was evidently 
coming on. Forces were collecting in Canada, composed 
of French and Indians with hostile intent upon these col- 
onies ; and while the power of the one was to be annihil- 
ated forever, that of the other was to increase in her diffi- 
culties, and she would emerge from the sea of her troubles 
with a radiance undimmed and a glory that has never been 
surpassed. 

Skirmishes with the Intlians who Avere guilty of acts of 
mischief, and contests upon our frontier, during tliis year 
1754, were considered the commencem.ent of what is usu- 
ally termed the French and Indian war. 

This was the sixth which the colonists had with the* 
natives within a period of eighty years, and it proved to 
be the last. 

1755. The minor town offices and officers for this j-ear 
Avere, David Given, Constable for the Damariscotta side ; 
Wm. Hopkins, Constable for Sheepscot ; James Cargill, 
Treasurer ; llobcrt Hodge, Highway Surve^'or ; James 
Clark, Tithing man ; John Cunningham, Jr. and David 
Hopkins, Fence viewers ; Wm. Cunningham, Field Driver ; 
Wm. Hodge, Hog Constable ; Ilobert Hodge, Pound 
Keeper. 

The Pound was at Sheepscot ; but another was neces- 
sary. Therefore, they agi-eed at the meeting held in April, 
to build another at Capt. Alexander Nickels who lived in 



NEWCASTLE FROM 1753 TO 1832. 1()7 

the center of the town."- The Pound was to be built on 
the 28th day of May, and the entire male force of the town 
was to turn out, as one man, and do it. It was to be built 
of timber ; and eight o'clock in the morning was the time 
for the men to meet there and do it. And it was ordained 
at that memorable time, by the authority of the new king- 
dom, in Town uieeting assembled, that every man who 
failed to meet, or send his substitute, at the time and place 
appointed, should forfeit and pay two shillings to them 
and for their benefit, who did the work. Wise and forci- 
ble legislation 1 but the Pound was not built, for the sim- 
}>le reason that the people did not do it. And there was 
no power behind the throne to compel them. 

An effort was made, at that meeting, to change the posi- 
tion of a piece of road that extended from Nickels' mill to 
Widow Anderson's ; but it failed. The}'- however required 
that every man in town should work four days on the high- 
ways, wherever the Surveyor should direct. 

Indian difficulties began to thicken. Murders were rife, 
and the sacking of houses and burning buildings were mul- 
tiplied. The plantation at Gray was reported to be 
destroyed. At Frankfort, now Dresden, Ma}- 13, two men 
were killed and a dwelling house laid in ruins. As five 
men were engaged in their spring ploughing at Slieepseot, 
at an unsuspected moment, a party of Indians rose upon 
them and made them all prisoners. Two of them, how- 
ever, afterwards adroitly made their escape. A man by 
the name of Snow was killed at North Yarmouth, May 
29 ; and another by the name of Barrett was shot at 
Teconnet. Mr. Wheeler was taken as he was passing 
from fort Western, Augusta, to fort Halifax. John Tufts 
and Abner Marston were made prisoners near fort Shii-ley. 
Dresden. 



* On a knoll a little to the Southwest of the late Capt. Charles 
Nickels' residence. 



168 NirwCASTLE FROM 1758 TO 1882. 

Measures had been taken in the early part of this year, 
1755, to meet these difiienlties. Garrisons, Blockhous( s 
and other fortifications constructed of hewn tiniber, and 
enclosed by palisades, were built and established in every 
frontier township, both in Maine and Sagadahock. Th<^ 
men were at all times armed ; and whether they travelled 
or went to their daily labor, upon their farms or elsewhere, 
it was in companies, and never singly and alone, if it could 
possibly be avoided. The moment an Indian was discov- 
ered lurking around, the alarm would be given, and all the 
people would fiee within the gates of the Garrison and 
close them after them. The sign of danger was the firing 
of three muskets at short and measured intervals. There 
was also another expedient to which they sometimes 
resorted :— and that was, the use of hounds and well- 
taught dogs, which, by the scent of footsteps, could detect 
skulking parties, when they could l>e easily routed and put 
to flight. 

1756, The burdens thrown upon the people this year 
were increased by the introduction of wdiat were called the 
"French Neutrals" among them. This people numbered 
about' 18,000, They dwelt at Annapolis and other places ii> 
that vicinity. Government saw fit to remove them from that 
locahty, and introduced them into these British Provinces. 
They were displeased, and being Catholics, and of a for- 
eign tongue, they did not readil}' assimilate with our pe<j- 
ple. Many of them were br<3ught .into Maine, and refus- 
ing to labor, the}' became a i)ublic c?harge, which the })e.o- 
])le were pooil}' al)le to sustain. 

This year was signalized by the Declaration of war, bv 
(4reat Britain, against France, General Abercombie 
arrives in Boston ; Governor Shirley is superseded ; and 
the war is to be prosecuted with vigor and an enlarge<l 
Mutlay of means. Three hundred men besides officers, 
were operating along the frontiers of Maine, being as in 
former years, divided into scouting^ ptu'ties, and weiv 



NEWCASTLE FROM 1753 TO 1882. 169 

ordered to range when and Avliere their services might be 
lequired. Indian atrocities continue ; many a hearthstone 
is made vacant ; and wherever the shot of the Indian rifle 
conld penetrate, or tlie tomahawk be viphfted, the stone 
would be stained and the soil moistened by the outflow of 
blood of falling husbands, departing fathers, and dying 
sons. 

1757. This 3'ear the town had two highway surveyors ; 
and, at the April meeting, the inquiry was raised, why the 
Pound was not built at the time and place appointed ; 
when they agreed to build two pounds, one near Mr. 
Hutchiug's Garrison on the Eastern side, and the other at 
81ieepscot, at the brook near Mr. John Cunningham's. 
Both Avere to be built on the first Wednesday in May. 
But alas ! laws do not execute themselves. The pounds 
were either not built or else they must have been very 
poorly built ; for not long afterwards we find them taking 
measures to build two pounds ; one on the Eastern, and 
the other on the Western side of the town. 

This year the Indians killed one man and took another 
in Bristol ; and the next day they went into another part 
of the town, and killed two more and wounded several.'^ 

A man by the name of Hopkins was threshing with a 
Mr. McFarland, in the bain of the latter. The Indians 
crept up, fired and killed Hopkins, but took McFarland to 
Canada. 

It was probably not far from this time, that a part}' of 
men started from the fort at Pemaquid,!" travelled up the 
neck and crossed the Pemaquid stream at the Falls. 
Going Northward, and aa hile in the vicinity of Boyd's pond, 
they Avere attracted to a particular spot, by a rising smoke. 
Travelling there, the}' found a large, brisk fire, with a dead 
colt roasting before it. Horses then ran wild in the woods. 



* John Huston's testimony, 
t Andrew Huston. 



170 NEWCASTLE FKOM 1758 TO 1882. 

Fearing danger, tliej turned to go back to the fort ; but, 
lest their story should not be believed, the}^ returned again 
to the colt, cut off its foreshoulder, and then started on 
their return route to the fort where they arrived in safety, 
with their singular booty. The kindling of the fire and 
roasting the colt, was the work of Indians ; and the 
reason why the English part}^ was )iot attacked, was, the 
Indians were off on a work of butchery and death. They 
had, after kindling the fire and putting the colt on the spit, 
gone up to Walpole, attacked the Stone house which stood 
in the Huston neighborhood, and murdered the family that 
resided in it. 

The Lermond family* consisted of the father, the 
mother and the son's wife whose Christian name was 
Betsey. Her husband, Capt. Lermond, was at sea. These 
three left their Stone house in the morning, went across 
the road and entered the barnyard for the purpose of 
milking. They had scarcely shut the bars after them, 
when they entered the yard, before a party of Indians rose 
up from among the cattle, where they had been lying 
down and concealed, and made the old man and his wife 
prisoners. Betsey, the son's wife, "jumped oyer the bars 
like a cat," and ran up the road— an Indian with his gun 
pursuing her. She outran the Indian, when he, seeing 
that he was like to lose his game, fired and brought her to 
the ground. She fell and expired on the rising ground 
between Capt. John Woodward's and David Huston's 2d. 
To Col. Jones who came to her assistance, from the Garri- 
son to which she was hastening, she said, "Get back the 
best way you can ; I am gone," and expired. Col. Jones 
turned to go, when another Indian fired at him, but the 
ball passing between his arm and body, he escaped and 
tied to the Garrison. Old Mrs. Lermond had her brains 
beaten out by these sayages, and scalped ; but Mr. Ler- 
mond was taken to Canada. 



* Andrew Huston, Capt. John Woodward. 



NEWCASTLE FROM 1753 TO 1882. 171 

The squaws treated Mr. Lermond with great severity ; — 
throwing dust in his eyes — pricking him with sharp sticks, 
and otherwise insulting and cruelly beating him. But the 
men treated him better. Especially, when the men would 
be off on a hunt, the squaws would seize their opportunity 
to abuse him. At one time, when they were dealing 
roughly with him — having borne their insults as long as 
he could, "he doubled up his fist and knocked one of them 
down." The act was as quick as thought ; and when it was 
over, he supposed that his last earthly day had come ; but 
a sturdy Indian, instead of condemning him, ran to him 
and patted him on the shoulders, exclaiming, "much cour- 
age, much courage." Mr. Lermond lived to return from 
his captivity to Bristol. 

A company of men were hewing timber, at one time, 
near Gilmore Huston's, Esq., when a party of Indians, 
suddenly appearing, fired upon them, killing some and 
scattering the rest. One hid in the bushes whom they did 
not find. Another walked side by side with an Indian to 
the Garrison, and when they had got within a few feet of 
it, the man made a plunge for the door, but the Indian 
levelling his piece shot him dead. The Avonien in the Gar- 
rison saw the two approaching in this singular manner 
and tried to shoot the Indian, but their guns, for some 
reason, "would not go off." Some of the men were taken 
captive. 

A man by the name of Paul, a strong man and great 
hunter, lived down near the water, to the West of Carpen- 
ter Bearce's. He pastured his cows on the Island, whicli 
is connected with the shore b}'" a bar. The Indians wished 
to get him. So two of them planted themselves in a sit- 
ting posture, back to back, that they might see in different 
directions, at the hole of the rock which is there, watching 
with their guns in order to seize Paul, when he should go 
after his cows. But he, suspecting their design, did not 
go after his cows in the usual path, but crept along the 



172 NEWCASTLE FROM 1758 TO 1882. 

North side, and Avlieu lie came in sight of the Indians, 
unseen by them, he fired, and the ball went directly through 
the bodies of them both. Tliey never rose again. He 
constructed a raft, tied some stones to their worthless 
bodies, carried them, off into the stream and sunk them, 
guns and m11. It was at a time of cessation of hos- 
tilities, and Paul felt obliged to keep rather still about 
the matter. He afterwards built his house near Carpenter 
Bearce's present residence. This was taken down when 
the present one was erected. His barn, a little to the 
North, was afterwards struck by lightning and consumed. 

Mrs. Hodge owned a farm in Edgcomb, and another in 
Sheepscot — now Jacob Nelson's farm. They lived about 
half way from the present road to the water. Some of 
their time was spent on this farm. During the Indian 
wars, the inhabitants left their dwellings and lodged in the 
Garrison, on Garrison Hill. In the day time they would 
go out to their work, in parties ; laboring first on one farm, 
and then on another ; but night would be sure to find them 
within the walls of the Garrison. 

The cows of Mrs. Ilodge were pastured on Dyer's Neck. 
After dark, they used to paddle across Dyer's river, near 
the residence of the late Capt. Thomas Lennox, in a fioat ; 
fearing to go in the day time, lest they should be discov- 
ered by the Indians. They used to go in turn, one at a time, 
because they said, if the Indians found them, but one 
would be killed, while the rest woiild escape. Mrs. Hodge 
used to take her turn with the others; paddle the float 
across ; milk the cows, and return to the Garrison late at 
night, with the milk. The cows, of course, were milked 
but once in twenty-four hours. « 

Think of that, ye delicate daughters of the present time! 
Your mothers passed their days in anxiet}', and their 
nights in fear and alarm. Tliev knew what hardships 
were, ; perils surrounded them ; and slaughters by the 
Indian rifle, multiplied every day. 



NEWCASTLE F1U)M 1753 TO 1882. 173 

In one of the Indian wars, of the last century, a man V)y 
the name of Robert Adams lived alone, on the neck of land 
near Carp;iirs Brickyard on Mill river. He would not go 
into the Garrison, as all the rest of the people had done. 
He was taken by the Indians at different times, and carried 
to Canada. One time, just at night, he was cooking his 
supper wh^ni the Indians burst in upon him, and seizing 
him, said : "Now, Robert, quick you go to Canada." He 
answered : "Well, if I must, I must." He begged that he 
might cook and eat his supper, when he took up his line of 
march for that then distant country. He however returned 
and lived on. his old homestead, and died in these parts. 

At one time when all tht; men except two had left the 
Garrison, on Garrison Hill, the Indians surrounded it, and 
threatened its destruction. The women dressed them- 
selves in male attire, and heroically shouldered their mus- 
kets. They had but little powder and that was damaged. 
One of the men's names was Wynian. The other Avould 
give orders to Wyman to "fire." This was done without 
doing the Indians the least harm. The Indians seeing this 
would amusingly reply, "Your powder no good, Wyman ; 
you no kill Indian." Wyman however was not there ; for 
he had started under cover of the night, after the Indians 
had assailed the Garrison, seized a skiff, went down over 
Sheepscot falls and proceeded to one of the Western settle- 
ments for powder. He was absent four days, duruig which 
time the Garrison held out, and then he returned, ])ringing 
a body of men with him, a small cannon, and plenty of 
powder. One or two smart rounds, the next morning with 
good powder, scattered the Indi;lns and relieved the Gar- 
rison. This Garrison was never taken. It was situated 
directly South of the School house, and included part of 
what was afterwards Mr. Wilson's garden. 

At another time, the Garrison became short of powder, 
when a body of armed Indians came up the Sheepscot in 
their canoes, headed by a Frenchman. The Ganison was 



174 NEWCASTLE FROM 1753 TO 1882. 

beleagured, and a surreuder demanded. Those within 
asked a week to consider the proposition. This was 
granted ; but in the darkness of the night, a company of 
men sHpped out of the Garrison, took a canoe, went West 
as far as Saco, and returned safely, bringing with them 
about 30 men, a six pounder, sufficient ammunition and 
other supphes. At the week's end, the cannon was 
mounted, the Garrison prepared for action, and pouring in 
two or three volleys among them, they killed many of the 
Indians and wounded others. Seeing that the day was 
turned against them, the enemy fled, leaving the French- 
man wounded behind them, to be taken captive. He gave 
himself up exclaiming, "c'cst fors de hi guerre' :. this is the 
fortune of war. The Garrison was relieved. 

Some time not long after the year 1730, there came a 
man from Plymouth Colony whose name was William 
Hilton, and commenced a settlement at Broad Cove, Bremen. 
He left his family behind, and as an heir of Wm. Stetson, 
of the preceding century, he bviilt his house on Avhat was 
known as the "Eight mile tract," and commenced a "clear- 
ing." His house stood upon the bank about 100 rods 
Northeast of the South line of the tract, and of the "great 
pine tree marked on four sides"— a short distance from the 
smelt brook — and immediately West of the creek that 
forms the outlet of the brook which runs down from th<' 
highway near McLean's residence. 

The cellar is discoverable there' to this day. A little 
apple tree is seen growing out of it. On the opposite side 
of the path, is the grave of his son William who was after- 
wards killed by the Indians, but which is now filled with 
stones. 

This man was the father of eleven children ; and he 
took up farms for himself and for each of his children, of 
100 acres each, making 1,200 acres in all. It included the 
tract from the Southern line of Mrs. lihoades — taking in 
her farm, Thomas Johnston's, the Messrs. Turner, Miller 



NEWCASTLE FROM 1753 TO 1882. 175 

Joshua Hilton, McLe.'vn, Charles Hilton, Palmer, Nathan 
Chapman, Capt. Bradford, W. B. Hilton, the Trouants. 
Augustus Heyev, and Mr. Halm's. In fact, it took all, from 
Broad Cove to Peniaquid Pond, and from the South line 
to the North point named. No finer tract of land than 
this was found in Lincoln County. And of the whole, he 
chose the best for himself ; for his was composed of very 
pi'oductive soil, and was about the only farm in all Bremen 
and Bristol, from some point of which, the ledge did not 
crop out. He assigned to his son William the southern- 
most farm ; his own came next, including the landing place 
and his house. Then came James ; then John and Betsey's, 
at the foot of which is the Mill privilege ; then Richard's, 
now Capt. Bradford's ; and so on, till they all were supplied. 
After he had made a clearing, and provided suitable 
accommodations, he went back to Plymouth to bring on 
his family. They arrived here in autumn ; and besides 
his family, he had on board the vessel which he had char- 
tered for this purpose, his stock consisting of two yoke of 
oxen, cows, young cattle, sheep, hogs and poultry ; also 
.sleds, cart yokes, chains and the produce of his farm at the 
Westward, all laid in ft>r his winter's supply. After the 
family had landed and taken up their residence in their 
new home, a party of Indians, in several canoes, made 
their appearance at the mouth of Broad Cove, when the 
captain of the vessel taking fright as they approached, 
threw overboard all of Wm. Hilton's eltects, made sail and 
went to sea. At one time, might be seen oxen, cows, 
sheep, hogs, ox yokes, sleds, carts, pumpkins and api)les 
floating in the water, or struggling for the shore, with the 
vessel and cowardly captain fast escaping, while Wm. 
Hilton and his family were left to the tender mercies of the 
Indians and wolves, and what was more appalling, the hor- 
rors of a starvation winter. Part of his goods sunk in the 
sea ; part drifted away in the current, and some the 
Indians obtained. The sheep were drowned, the cattle 



170 NEWCASTLE FROM 1753 TO 1882. 

swam on shore, but were lost in tlie woods (jv shot by the 
savages ; and of all the live stock that he had, he only 
saved one 3'oke of oxen, and a heifer, which the settlers 
in the vicinity of Daraariscotta Pond, picked up and 
returned to him. 

Here he attempted to live, but at last Avas driven off by 
savages. He however returned, and resided here and 
improved his estate, together with his children, till the 
French and Indian War, when he and his family were 
obliged to flee to the Garrison at Muscongus. He still 
carried on his farm at Broad Cove, and used to go from 
one place to the other, every night and morning, the dis- 
tance being about eight miles. He owned two dogs which 
he was accustomed to take with him, whenever he went up 
to his farm, and just before he reached the shore, he would 
throw them overboard, when they would swim ashore and 
notify him, if there were any Indians in the vicinity, by 
scenting them out. 

One morning, in the month of May, he started in his 
canoe, with three of his sons, William, John and Eichard, 
to go up to his farm to plant potatoes and perform other 
work. They had a quantity of pickled alewives in the 
canoe which they were going to take up with them, to 
smoke. The dogs attempted to go, but were driven back, 
because they were deep-loaded. They had made their 
passage in safety, and just as the boat struck the shore, 
William, who was in the bow, arose to jump out with the 
painter, when a shower of balls from the neighboring 
creek, fell on them which shot AVilliam dead, wounded 
Richard in the thigh, and also wounded the father who 
used the paddle, being seated in the stern. John who was 
unhurt, immediately jumped out, and tried to lift William 
into canoe, but was unable because he was a stout, heavy 
man, and he was obliged to leave him dead upon the 
shore. The tide was ebbing; but just then, an Indian 
sh(jwed his head over a stump at the mouth of the creek. 



NEWCASTLE FROM 1753 TO 1882. 177 

when John seized one of the guns which thi;y had with 
them in the canoe, and shot the Indian dead as he sup- 
posed ; for instantly there was a cessation of firing. John 
theu improved his opportunit}- of shoving the "boat oil" with 
an oar, and made his escape together with his wounded 
father and brother, and came to Muscongus to rehite the 
sorrowful tidings which threw the whole Garrison into 
tears. 

The part}' of Indians that fired into the boat consisted 
of seven. The day before they had made an assault on the 
settlement at Walpole, and were journeying East, having 
a man with them by the name of Saunders whom they had 
taken captive. As they arrived upon the brow of the hill 
which overlooks the Cove, they saw the Hilton party 
approaching in their canoe. Overjoyed at the sight, they 
tied Saunders to a beach tree and ran for the shore where 
they enacted their execrable deed. The place where 
Saunders was tied, was by the side of the brook, just above 
the road, where now is a large pile of small stones and a 
small birch tree standing.* Saunders, watching his oppor- 
tunity, untied his blanket, and ran for the settlement at 
Waldoboro. He lived to be an old man. 

The people of Waldoboro, Dutch Neck, heard the firing, 
and started a company of twenty-five for the scene of dis- 
aster ; but long before they arrived there, the difficulty was 
all over. They found "poor William" dead on the flats ; 
and taking him up they buried him on the bank, imme- 
diately above the place of the sad occurrence, and not 
more than two rods from the house. They took his bed, 
emptied the straw out of it, and buried him with this as a 
winding sheet, with his face downward, and without a 
coffin. They put him in this position, because, they said, 
they could not bear to throw the dirt upon his face. 

William was a large, active man, an agreeable companion 

* Nathaniel Palmer, Senior. 



178 NEWCASTLE FROM 1753 TO 1882. 

and a confiding friend. His death was deeply lamented 
by all who knew him. He was 22 years of age when he 
died, and left a widow and little daughter to mourn his 
loss. The child, not long after, was drowned in a well. 
The widow afterwards married a man l)y the name of 
Rboades, and when the wars were quieted, jnoved on to 
the farm, a portion of which has been held b}^ the name 
ever since. 

The bank Avashing away where William was buried, left 
his bones partially uncovered ; and when Richard had 
recovered from his wounds, he dug another grave just 
above the former, and re-interred his fallen brother. Marks 
of the grave are now seen. Richard lived to bo an old 
man, and died about the year 1823. When alluding to the 
sad occurrence, even in his old age, his choking voice and 
falling tears would bespeak a language too big for utterance. 
During the last years of his life, he lived in the family of 
his grand nephew, Dea. James Hilton, from whom these 
facts have been gathored. Previous to his death, he 
frequently expressed the wish, that when he died, the 
bones of his brother William might be taken up, placed 
in the foot of his coffin, and be buried with him. The 
■wish was sacredly complied with. 

The father, William Hilton, lingered a short time in the 
garrison, and then died of his wounds. They tried to take 
him to Casco, where was a physician, but Westerly winds 
prevailing for a number of days, they were obliged to 
desist from their purpose. He finally sunk under his 
wounds, and died a martyr to Indian barbarity and cun- 
ning. This was in May 1757.^ The wound closed over 
the ball in the thigh of Richard, and he accordingly 
carried it with iiim to his grave. John was the only one 
that escaped unhurt ; but how, it is hard to tell. Though 
the Indians ceased firing when their comrade fell, thcv 



* Mr Eaton, in his Annals of Warren, incorrectly places it in 1722. 



NEWCASTLE FROM 1753 TO 1882. 179 

soon comiueuced again and continued it till the canoe was 
beyond shooting distance. The canoe was completely 
riddled with balls. 

James, the oldest brother, was at this time in Bygaduce, 
and did not return till the ensuing spring, when he occu- 
pied the farm that belonged to him. He was Grandfather 
of Dea. James Hilton, Mr. Charles Hilton, and Mrs. 
Merritt. The descendants of William Hilton, the elder, 
are many, and are scattered through the State of Maine and 
other parts of the country. They have proved a very 
respectable, enterprising, moral and useful class of citizens. 
There has never been a Tory among them ; they are firm 
patriots and many of them, have been, and are, truly 
pious. 

The fall of that year, John and Richard gathered the 
harvest. For three Aveeks, they lodged in the woods ; and 
that they might not be detected by the Indians, they never 
slept two nights in the same place. They always had their 
dogs with them, and finally secured the harvest which they 
safely conveyed to the Garrison. 

James lived in front of Edward Miller's, where are now 
some apple trees. He swore eternal enmity against the 
Indians, and never would make peace with them. One 
day, when Mox}-, a noted Indian, was approaching liis 
house, he was shaving himself ; and learning that the 
Indian was at the door, he threw down his razor when 
about half shaved, caught up his cane, and drove him 
away, after giving him a sound cudgeling. When asked 
afterward, how he could almost kill an Indian in cold 
blood, he replied, by asking, "How can I have a drop of 
cold blood in my veins, when his people have killed thir- 
teen of my nearest blood relations ?" 

At the time of the massacre, there was a maiden in the 
Garrison who afterwards marrie 1 a man by the name of 
Poor. They took up a farm about half a mile South of 
the eight mile tract. They had no children, but they 



180 NEWCASTLE FROM 1753 TO 1882, 

udopted for their own, James Hilton's son James who in- 
herited the estate at their death. This is the farm now 
owned and improved by Dea. James Hilton. 

During that Indian war, it was the custom of members 
of the famil}' to take leave of each other, before retiring 
to rest ; for they Hved in the constant fear of death, and 
knew not as they should see each other ahve in the morn- 
ing. There were planks that reached from the house to 
the barn of Mr. Poor, and Indian footsteps could frequent!}' 
be heard in the dead hours of night, as they passed from 
one to the other. Those midnight proAvlings aroused the 
sleeping father to see that his trusty rifle was standing 
loaded where he left it when he went to sleep, a d 
prompted the mother to feel for her child and draw it 
nearer to her bosom than it was before. 

There were several Garrisons in tow^n ; two at Sheepscot ; 
one in the center of the town ; another at Damariscotta 
Mills ; a fifth in front of Farley's mansion where Walter 
Philhps used to reside; a sixth below where Capt. Samuel 
Little lived and still another near where Joseph Perkins 
now resides, near the brick yard at the shore. 

The Garrison- at Capt. Little's, was beleagured several 
times, by the Indians, and at one time the men were gone 
and onlv two or three women remained in it. The Indians 
meditated an assault, A friendly squaw gave the signal of 
a flag, and they were prepared for them. One woman with 
Spartan heroism, would cry out, as if giving men's orders, 
"Courage, Kenelm" — "Fire away, Piackley," accompanied 
with the bang of the guns, when the assailants, losing 
heart, became discouraged and fled, leaving the Garrison 
unharmed. 

The Garrison at the shorej was occupied three years 
during the French and Indian war by the families of 



*Mrs. M. Robinson. 
t Joseph Perkins. 



NEWCASTLE FROM 1753 TO 1832. 181 

Abner and Lemuel Perkins, and another family by the 
name of Crocker. This Garrison was never tak<»n. It 
was taken down after the ^^ ar. The Indians used to follow 
the cows home at night and the owners Avould not dare to 
go out and milk them. 

The Garrison in Major Farlpj's field was vacated at one 
time b}' the men who had gone across the river to do some 
work ; and the women had also left it, to perform some 
labor in the field. Three boys were stationed as sentinels 
to give the alarm, in case of danger. The Indians stole 
upon them and killed Mrs. Gray and six, some say nine 
children. The youngest they took by the heels and dashed 
its brains out upon a stone. The alarm was given — the 
men returned — a fight ensued but several lives were lost on 
the side of the English. The Indians escaped unhurt. 
When the men returned, they found one child attempting 
to draw milk from its dead mother's breast. It w;is a har- 
rowing spectacle. The stone bespattered with blood was 
seen for a long time afterwards. It was finally removed 
by Mr. Farley about the year 1800. It was ragged, and 
stood about three feet out of the ground. 

Dr. Winslow,* about this time, was taken by the Indians, 
carried to L<:>ud's Island and brutally murdered. 

Opposite this Garrison, was another in Walpole. They 
used to have a dog that would carry intelligence from one 
Garrison to the other, by swimming across the river. They 
would put a string around his neck with a stoue tied 
beneath and a letter upon the top. The stone kept the 
letter alcove the water. 

George Forrester came from Ireland, and took up a 
large tract of land at Wiscasset, when it was all wilderness 
there. He lived near where the Court House now stands, 
and died at the age of 110 A^ears. He had two wives, and 
three daughters by his first wife. One of his daugliters 

* John Farley's testimony. 



182 NEWCASTLE FROM 1753 TO 1882. 

iiuiiri(Ml ii man by the iiauie of Quinnam, and resided in 
Wiscasset ; another married a Mr. Langdon, the first mer- 
chant there ever was in that town ; and the third, Betsey, 
married John Paskell and resided in "Warren. Betsey 
was born in 1752, and died Feb. 21, 1823, aged 71.* She 
had a rehitive, James Forrester, who resided at Sheepscot 
on a part of the farm now owned by Jacob Nelson. 

In 1755, Betsey Forrester, at the age of three years, 
went into Garriscm at Sheepscot, with her friends, and con- 
tinued there till the close of the war in 1759. With a 
bright recollection of those eventful days, she used to 
enchain the attention of her childi-eu and descendants, by 
a familiar recital of them. There were but few books in 
those days, besides the Bible and Psalm Book, and she 
used to entertain the children and youth of her time, by 
the recital of wilderness horrors and savage deeds. She 
said, one bright Sabbath morning in summer, after the 
cows were milked, one of the men undertook to drive them 
to pasture. He suspected nothing till he got near the 
woods, when the cattle began U) be frightened, snuff the air 
and run in different directions. Knowing the Indians to 
be near, he turned and ran, and had ha)-dly entered the 
gates of the Garrison, before the Indians discovered them- 
selves to the sentinel in the watch-tower. He levelled his 
piece and shot one Indian dead. The rest, seeing that 
they were discovered, took up the dead man and fled. 
They intended to surprise and butcher the Garrison ; and 
if it had not been the Sabbath, they would have accom- 
plished their object. It was near the close of the war and 
was the last time that this Garrison was attacked. 

The Malletts of Warren are descendants of Betsey Foi- 
rester.* James and John Mallett are her grandsons. 

It was about this time, that Capt. Bradbury and Lieu- 
tenant Fletcher resigned their commands on the St. 



* James Mallett. 



NEWCASTLE FROM 1753 TO 1882. 188 

George's liver. These ineii had been severe in their 
charges against Cargill, for his bloody affair with the 
Indians ; but the resolute captain, after his release, deter- 
mined, if it were possible, upon their punishment. He 
liad received £600 for his services upon that expedition ; 
but no sooner did an opportunity present itself, than he 
charged Bradbury and Fletcher with illegal traffic among 
the Indians in time of war, giving the enemy improj)er 
intelligence, and other treasonable practices. The two 
houses of the Legislature investigated the matter and 
examined at least 20 witnesses. Among them were Capt. 
Lithgo\v ()f Fort Halifax, Capt. Howard from Cushnoc, 
and others from York, Brunswick, Newcastle, PenuKpiid 
and St. George. The examination was protracted, biit the 
decision fully exculpated the respondents ; and hence, 
public confidence was both confirmed and increased in the 
management of the public Garrisons. 

1758. This year the Garrisons in Maine received a fresh 
addition of men. To Fort Frederic were assigned 15 ; to 
Broadljay, 17 ; to Fort Halifax, 50 ; and other places in 
due proportion. Louisburg was taken July the 2d, and a 
vast outlay of strength was made against the entire French 
upon this continent. Indian cruelties began to cease, and 
the war with Eastern savages, to close forever. 

To show that the town was as good in those troublous 
times in paying its debts as the debtors were in bringing in 
their charges, the following is inserted : 

"New Castel, may the 12, 1758." 

"the town is in det to me for goin to falmouth With two 
men that was Pressed to gow in the County sarves and I 
found them whilst gon and till tha cam horn and I never 
received any thing for it" 

Signed "William Cunningham." 

Then follows "allowed for the above Service two pound 
one Shilling lawful money A' the Committee for Settling 
Town acctts drew an order on the Treasui'er for it." 
No repudiation. 



184 NEWCASTLE FROM 1758 TO 1882. 

17o9. In this town, there was an increase of niunicipal 
authority, "which showed an increase of wealth and popu- 
hition. There were two tithing men chosen, William Ken- 
nedy and Kenelm AVinslow ; and two hog constables, 
Samuel Kennedy and John Hussey. Before this, there 
had been but one each. 

But the great event of the 3'ear, was the capture of 
Quebec by the forces under the intrepid General Wolfe. 
The siege was a fearful one ; the battle was sharply con- 
tested and the defence of the city was maintained Avitli 
vigor. But French alacrity could not stand before British 
valor. That memorable day, the 13th of September, wit- 
nessed the destruction of the power of France upon this 
continent ; gave continued ascendancy to the authority of 
the English ; liberated the hundreds of captives that the 
Indians had carried away from these settlements, and 
returned the exiles to their homes : freed the Provinces 
from a most distressing and harrassing warfare and estab- 
lished the Protestant Religion, with all its benign and 
ennobling influences, upon this Hemisphere forever. 

That day was an Era in the race ; the destinies of 
nations were fought upon the Plains of Abraham ; and tlie 
glory of America dates from that triumphant hour. Fort 
Frederic had fallen ; but the only walled city in North 
America, saw the banner of Imperialism trailing in the 
dust ; and the Lion of Liberty rising with a glor}' that 
should be undimraed forever ! 



VARIOUS MATTERS. 18." 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



VARIOUS MATTERS. 

1760. Peace being established and the prosperity of 
the people beginning to return, they turned their thoughts 
to questions of State, to political affairs, and the duties of 
home. And on the 13th of February Governor Pownal 
signed the last legislative charter of his adjuinistration, of 
the township of Pownalborough. 

It embraced the four present towns of Dresden, Perkins, 
Wiscasset and Alna. Its name of sonorous sound was 
evidentlj' designed as a compliment to the worth}' Gover- 
nor. Pownalboro' — omitting for brevitj-'s sake the three 
last letters — was the fifteenth town incorporated in the 
State. Its Plantation name was Frankfort. The Plymouth 
Company built a Court House opposite tlie head of Swan 
Island forty-five feet in length, and fort3^-four feet wide, 
with a height of three stories. The court chaml)er was 
forty-five by nineteen and one-half feet, and had two fire- 
places in it. The courts were held here from 1760 to 1794. 
Thomas Rice first represented Pownalboro' in the general 
Court in 1794. 

As yet, one County, York, embraced the present State of 
Maine ; but this year, June 19, the General Court created 
tAvo new Counties, Cumberland and Lincoln. 

Falmouth was established as the shire town of Cumber- 
land County, where the Superior courts of botli Counties, 
were held ; and Pownalboro' was the shire town of Lincoln 
County, Avhere the Courts of Common Pleas and other 
inferior Courts, were held. All important cases were tried 
before the Superior Court at Falmouth. The terms of 



186 VARIOUS MATTERS. 

these Courts, were appointed to commence on the second 
Tuesdays of May and September. The Act took etf'oct on 
the first day of November. 

The county officers for Lincohi County, were Samuel 
Denny, Wilham Lithgow, Aaron Hinckley, John North, 
Judges of the Common Pleas ; Wm. Cushing, Judge of 
Probate ; Wm. Bryant, Register ; Charles Cushing, Sheritf ; 
Jonathan Bowman, Register of Deeds. 

Another Act of importance was passed this year ; that 
was the manner in which jurors should be drawn. Before 
this, they had been voted for in town meeting, like other 
town officers ; but this year, the Legislature enacted, that 
every town should keep two Jury Boxes, from one of which, 
all Jurors were to be drawn, except the Petit Jurors to the 
Common Pleas and Sessions, who were to be taken from 
the other Box. Both Boxes were to be replenished with 
tickets bearing the names of the men of the town that were 
best adapted to the imjjortant service. 

A very amusing arrangement, made this year, was the 
following : The town complained of its Province Tax. 
They thought it too heav}-, therefore, at their March meet- 
ing, they agreed with Mr. Woodbridge to go to Boston, 
and get the matter more satisfactorily arranged, on these 
conditions. He was to attend the General Court at its 
May Session ; and if he Avas successful in obtaining an 
abatement, the town would pay all his expenses. Other- 
wise, he would receive nothing.- We are not informed 
whether he made anything out of the operation or not. 

1761. Martin Haley is fined four shillings and costs of 
Court £1, 12s. 3d, for speaking disrespectfully of his mother. 

James Stewart was licensed to keep a ferry over Sheep- 
scot river " on the great County Road" and to demand 
for his services, for every person, four coppers and for 
every horse six coppers. Bonds £20.* 



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VARIOUS MATTERS. 187 

William Jones of AValpole was licensed to keep a ferry 
over Damariscotta river between King's Point and Jones' 
Point. Two sureties £10 each." 

The town this year solemn]}- voted that the .swine have 
liberty to go at large, they being " properlj- yoaked 
and ringed, " according to the law. James Cargill and 
Joseph Glidden were chosen Wardens. They also had two 
Surveyors of lumber, two hog constables and two tithing 
men. 

A valuation of the State was made this year, by which 
it appeared, that, of a Provincial tax of £1,000, £74, 16s. 
4j d. were assessed on the three Eastern counties, York, 
Cumberland and Lincoln. The tax on Lincoln County Avas 
£8, 13s. od. It was apportioned among the four towns 
and Topsham Precinct, as follows : Pownalborougli, £1, 
17s. 9|d ; Georgetown, £3, 7s ; Newcastle, £1, 7s : Wool- 
wich, £1, 4s, 7|d ; Topsham Precinct, 17s. From these 
data, it has been computed that the whole population of 
these three counties, was 17,500 souls. 

1762. This year, the town in its sovereign capacity, 
ordained among other useful things, that "all the rams 
owned or kept in the town, shall be kept from the sheep, 
from the first of August till the 5th day of Nov. under a 
penalty of forty shilhngs. " The time, in subsequent years, 
was extended to the '20th of Nov. Poor creatures! con- 
demned unheard w ithout counsel, and made prisoners for the 
commission of no crime ! Did they not know that the young 
stock would have been worth one quarter more, by the 
first of August of the following year, if the rams had been 
allowed to have their liberty, than they were, under the 
operation of this unnatural and unphilosophical edict? 
But "great men are not always wise." 

Job Averill was licensed to keep a ferry over Sheep- 
scot river from the Newcastle road to the North of the 



*Record of Court of Sessions. 



1H8 YAHIOUS MATTERS. 

Imrying place and was bound in the sum of £20 for the 
faithful discharge of his trust. Allowance four coppers for 
a person and three coppers for a horse. "^' 

Eoad ordered to be laid out from Stewart's ferry to Dani- 
ariscotta Mills. Arthur Noble headed the petition and was 
appointed chairman of the survey. Road laid out from 
Frankfort to Sheepscot river and from Damariscotta to St. 
George. By order of Court of Sessions, Robert Hodge, 
Samuel Kenned}-, David Hopkins and James Cargill, Com- 
mittee. 

1763. They also thought it necessary to ordain tliat 
"no stallion above a year old, shall run at large, under a 
penalty of four pounds." 

This year, Dr. Kenelm Winslow, bought of Benjamin 
Woodbridge 100 acres of land for £20, lawful money. Its 
boundaries were, the mouth of the second cove below the 
"Great Salt Water Falls ;" thence W. N. W. to the Fresh 
Meadow ; thence S. S. W. 48 poles to a stake ; thence E. 
S. E. 285 poles to Damariscotta river ; thence N. E. by 
said river to the first mentioned bound. In 1776, Major 
John Farley purchased this tract of land, and the most 
of it has been in the Farley name ever since. 
H. James Brown was licensed to keep a ferry over Damar- 
iscotta river from Ring's point to Jones' point. David 
Given and Benj. Woodbridge Avere his sureties in bonds of 
.£10 each. The next year, 1761, Alexander Campbell was 
licensed to keep a ferry at the same place. 

Lemuel Perkins and Samuel Kennedy were chosen 
wardens. The flankers are let this year for the town's 
benefit. The town authorizes the inhabitants on the 
North side of the town to fence the graveyard at Sheep- 
scot. Two surveyors of luml)er, four highway surveyors, 
three field drivers, four fence viewers, are chosen. xA.t the 
March meeting Samuel Hall, Wm. McLelland, David 



* Record of Court of Sessions. 



VARIOUS MATTERS. " 189 

Given, Henry Little, were chosen Grand Jury men. James 
Given, John Cunningham, Jonathan Laiten, were chosen to 
serve on the Jurj- of Trials. There appears to Imve been 
some informality or illegality about this matter ; for on the 
)')lst of May, Joseph GlidJen constable, ])y virtue of 
authority from the Clerk of the Superior Court, at Fal- 
mouth, issued his warrant calling a town meeting, for the 
choice of three Jurors for the next Session of Court, to be 
holden at Falmouth the 26tli of June following. James 
Cargill was chosen Grand Juror ; and Samuel Nicdcels and 
Kenelm Winslow to serve on the Jury of Trials. 

On the 30th of June the town was called together to 
elect a constable instead of Wm. McLelland, deceased. 
He was the first town officer that had died while in office, 
and was much missed. He was an influential man in town, 
having been every year in office, and was at times, Moder- 
erator, Selectman, etc. 

"Death rides ou every passing breeze. 
And lurks in every flower." 

This year, 1763, Henry Little, Thorn is Humphries and 
Lemuel Perkins, were chosen a committee to lay out a 
road from Alexander Campbell's house to the Ledge of 
Rocks, so called. This was the first attempt at building 
roads, by the town, after the Indian troubles M^ere com- 
posed. The Committee made their return June 1, 1764. 

1764. This year, according to the census tnken, there 
were 24,020 inhabitants in the present State of Maine. In 
Lincoln County, there were 4,347. Georgetown takes the 
lead, having 1,329 souls. Pownalboro stands next, having 
889 ; Newcastle follows this, having 415 ; Topsham 340 ; 
Bowdoinham 220 ; Gardiner town, including Gardiner, 
Hallo well and Pittston, 200 ; Townshend, and what is now 
Bristol and Bremen, 300 ; places to the Eastward, 201). 

The towns incorporated this year, are Boothbay, Xdv. 
3 ; Gorhara, Oct. 30 ; Topsham, Jan. 31. 



15M) VARIOUS MATTERS. 

A regimental muster took place tliis year at St. George. 
It was held in Avhat is now Tliomaston, on Limestone Hill, 
near the •Prison. Col. James Cargill commanded ; and 
it may be interesting to those of the present day who pride 
themselves in plnmes and epaulettes, to know that the chic: 
commander on that important occasion, wore a drab pea 
jacket and a Comarney cap." 

If any one wishes to know the value of a wig in those 
days this volume Avill furnish him with the information. 
"Newcastle Oct. 31, 1764. Received of Benjamin Wood- 
bridge Eleven pounds, Old tenor, in full for a Wig.'' 
Signed John AVard. Money was cheap ; and wigs, though 
scarce, Avere indispensable. 

Samuel Howard was fined 15s. and costs for moving his 
sloop al)out one mile on the Kennebeck river on the 
Sabbath.t 

17G5. John Cunningham, Joseph Glidden and Samuel 
Anderson were chosen to serve on the Jury of Trials, the 
second Tuesday of September. Samuel Waters and John 
Hussey were chosen to be packers of fish, and to see that 
the Fish ways, in Sheepscot river are unobstructed. The 
town also agi'eed to pay, as a bounty one pound for every 
grown wolf that shall be killed within its bounds. This was 
a standing custom for many 3'ears afterward. They also 
sold the Westerly flanker at "Vendue" to Capt. James 
C^ampbell, for the benefit of the town, for one pound twelve 
shillings. Twelve days' credit given ;■ and the flanker was to 
be removed in thirty days. The flankers were built of tim- 
})er, three cornered, and so situated as to protect two sides of 
the Garrison. Two flankers, the East and the West, would 
ccmimand the four sides of the Garrison. And it spoke 
volumes, as respects the ending of scenes of strife and 
blood, that the time had come, when this Westerly flanker 
could with safety be sold. 



* Eaton's Annals, p. 130. 

t Record of Conrt of Sessions. 



. VARIOUS MATTERS. l'.)l 

C'.ipt. AlexaiKlcr Nida^s of Pemaquid, liavin^i^ liireil 
s{)l(liers for the town, in former years, appeared in Town 
meeting and presented liis claim. It was allowed. The 
amount was £4, Ifis. 

This year they had three tithing men, four hog con- 
stables, five highway survej-ors, four field drivers, and one 
})Ound keeper. 

At their March meeting they voted a committee to lay 
out a road from Nelson's Mill down Dyer's Neck provided 
the owners of the land give the land for the said road, 
without any charge to the town for the same. They 
also voted that a road be laid out from Samuel Anderson's 
to the North line of the town. These roads were accepted 
May 14. At the same March meeting, David Given, Sam- 
uel Nickels and John Cunningham, were appointed a com- 
mittee to contract for the building of a bridge over Mill 
Brook, near Mr. David Given 's or to superintend it them- 
selves. This bridge was accepted Feb. 26, 17(56. 

On the 18th of June, Bristol was incorporated. It was 
a large town and embraced all the territo)T included in 
Harrington, Walpole and Broad Cove. Soon after the 
incorporation, the people who wei'e of Presbyterian tenden- 
cies, voted to build tliree meeting-houses ; one at Walpole ; 
(me in Harrington, which was soon erected ; and one at 
Broadcove. Rev. Eobert Rutherford who came over with 
Dunbar, preached to this people, four or five years. Ruth- 
erford's Island received its name from him, because he 
resided there. He died in Thomaston in 1756. During 
the two or three succeeding years, there was a great revival 
of religion in Bristol and the neighboring towns, in connec- 
tion with the labors of Rev. Mr, Murray of Boothbay. A 
church was then gathered there. Rev. Alexander McLean, 
a native of Scotland, was settled there in 177'5. He was a 
good preacher and an estimable man. Ill health comj^elled 
his dismission in 1795. Rev. AVilliam Riddell succeeded 
him in 1796, and Rev, Jonathan Belden in 1807. Bri.stol 



lit'J VARIOUS MATTERS. 

wiis first re])reserited in Goneral Court by AVilliam Jones, 
in 1775. It was the residence of Commodore Samuel 
Tucker who in 1778, distinguished himself, while on a 
voyage to Europe, having on board the Hon. John Adams, 
our first Minister to France, 

1766. At the March meeting Jacob Greely and James 
Sheppard who lived at the Head of the Tide, were author- 
ized to see that the fish have a free passage up the river. 
There was a place in the river called the " Salmon Hole, " 
because they used to gather there in large numbers, and 
the town ordained, that ever}- person, not an inhabitant of 
Newcastle, who came to catch fish for sale, should on duo 
conviction, pay a fine of five shillings for each barrel. 

A committee was raised to lay out a road from David 
Given's to the bridge, at Mill Brook. 

It was voted, that a Petition be sent to the General Court 
signed hj the Town Clerk, in behalf of the town, praying 
that if the town of Pownalboro is divided, the Eastern side 
may be made a Shire toAvn. Major Noble was requested 
to prepare the Petition. They also voted to request the 
Legislature, to make an abatement in the Province Tax, 
as the "adjacent places" Avhich had been assessed with 
them, in former years, were incorporated into towns. 

James Cargill was ordered to pay Edward Nore, " the 
ten shillings," that he received of Thomas Eice, Esq., foi- 
a breach of the Sabbath. 

At the meeting held May 18, a committee of thiee was 
raised to lay out a road from Henry Little's to Job Day's. 
Henry Little lived where William Dodge now does, and 
Job Day's residence .was at the foot of the hill near Edg- 
comb line — now Edgcomb. 

Another committee was raised to lay out a road, from 
the county ro.ul upward on the West side of Damariscotta 
Pond to the Northeast corner of the town. 

The committee who were ap})ointed in A})ril to lay out a 
road from Henry Little's to Job Day's, for some reason, 



VARIOUS MATTERS. 19/^ 

failed to accomplish their object ; therefore, in October 27, 
another committee was empowered to lay out a road from 
Henr}- Little, to the Southern bounds of the town. 

1767. A tariff of prices Avas established for liighway 
Avork : Three shillings allowed, for a man a day ; one shil- 
hngsix pence a yoke of oxen ; and nine pence for a cart. 
Each man must tind himself and his oxen and his day's 
work must commence at seven in the morning and end at six 
at night. If one hour Avas alloAved for dinner, then they 
established the "ten hour" system. 

Other prices are as follows : six and one-half pounds of 
butter, XI, 17s. ; one pair of shoes, £3 ; one day's Avork, 
£1 ; one quire paper, 10s ; three bushels corn at 2os. per 
bushel, £3, 15s. ; one pair of leather breeches, £2, 5s ; one 
thousand feet boards, XI. 

Alexander Campbell, David GiA'en and Elisha Clarke, 
appointed a committee to lay out a road from said Camp- 
bell's to Damariscotta Pond. This road Avas accepted 
March 15, 1768. 

A pound AA-as ordered to be built, as highway Avork, at 
Sheepscot, on the spot where the old one stands. Alex- 
ander Campbell, Kenelm Winslow and Joseph Jones were 
appointed a committee to select a place for a pound, on the 
Eastern side of the toAvn, and it Avas ordered that it should 
be built as " higliAvay Avork." But it Avas not done this 
year, for at the next March meeting, they directed to build 
a j)ound on the eastern side of the toAvn, at the most con- 
venient place to accommodate the people and " handy to 
Avater." 

Smile not, oh reader, neither complain, that Ave have 
taken so much notice of the pounds erected by our fathers. 
They were indispensable to them, as they are to every 
farming community. A town, properly governed, Avould 
just as soon think of doing Avithout a pound, as they 
would without a ToAvn Meeting. A pound is an important 
edifice, plain, homely and cheaply built ; but strong, higli 



194 VARIOUS MATTERS. 

and well secured by gates, locks and bars. It is the prison 
liouse for the recreant ox or sheep, or ass, not, that they are 
so much to blame, Avlien they stray beyond their own 
enclosure, and find themselves in the hands of the town 
sheriff, alias field driver, and are forced to lie down within 
straightened walls, and feed only upon what forage the 
keeper is disposed to give them ; but the fault is charge- 
able to the owner who either has neglected his fences, or 
else has kept a breachy horse or steer. And when he is 
notified of the imprisonment of the wandering one, he may 
feel for his purse and step up to the " Captain's office and 
settle." The keeper will receive the fine, and let him and 
his company go on their way. 

Henceforth, whatever Newcastle or her sister towns may 
have done in subsequent years with regard to pounds, we shall 
notice them no farther ; but shall take our leave of them, 
as we already have with regard to Indians, rams, stallions 
and wolves. 

1768. This year was distinguished for the convention of 
towns held in Boston the 22d of September. It was called 
in view of th^ g^op^'iag difficut-lvies between the Provinces 
and the mother country. British troops were quartered 
upon the Colonies, a\K>l';-the^. people were called upon to 
support them. They W;ere taxed, but had no representa- 
tion in the British ^E^aa'liament. It Avas the height of 
oppression ; the people, just emerged from the domination 
of one power, after having suffered incredible hardships, 
cruelties and losses, were not Avilling to submit tamely to 
another. Therefore the Selectmen of Boston called a con- 
vention of the towns of the Province, one hundred of which 
answered to the call ; and they came together, as dignified, 
sensible, patriotic and high-minded a body of men as ever 
assembled on the shores of New England. Their delibera- 
tions it is said, were Avorthy of the brightest days of Greece 
and Rome. William Nickels had the honor to be chosen 
delegate from NeAvcastle, and he was the first delegate the 



VARIOUS MATTERS. 19') 

towu ever sent to any foreign body. His expenses were paid 
by the power that sent him. It was the first in the series of 
the Conventions and Congresses that guided tliese Ameri- 
can Provinces from the vassalage of a foreign yoke, to 
independence, wealth and renown. , 

1768. Bryan Eyan, a foot pedlar of Bristol, having witli 
him one silk handkerchief valued at 6s. ; one ring 6s. ; two 
books 8d ; one piece of ribbon 4s. ; one cap, Is., 4d ; one 
knife, Is. 2d ; one pair spectacles Is. ; one pair buttons, 
4d ; one pair stockings 4s ; one breeches pattern 12s. ; 
total value £1, 16s. 6d ; went to Hugh Homes from the 
house of John Cunningham, and there exposed for sale and 
did sell to Hugh Homes, one knife valued at Is. 2d ; one 
cap. Is. 4d ; against the law of the Province. Eyan 
pleaded not guilt3\ The jury acquitted him. 

On the 11th of March, John Cunningham made out the 
following account against Benjamin Woodbridge, and for 
whicli he received pay in full by an order on the towu 
treasurer ; Sundries £2, 15s ; cord wood, XI, 10s ; two 
dinners, 12s ; " Liker," 5s ; whole amount, £5. 2s. Ed- 
mund Lieson sold a pair of leather breeches to Benjamin 
Woodbridge for 36s. lawful money. Dr. Kenelm Winslow 
charges the town with two visits to Phebe Chick in her 
illness, 4s ; one bottle of drops, 3s. 4d ; one portion physic 
8d = 8s. Mr. Bowers charges the town for the board of 
Mr. Dunbar, eighteen days, while at work on the meeting 
house, at 55s. old tenor, per week, £7, Is. 5^ d ; drawing 
up petition praying that the Court might be removed, 3s ; 
do. that the town might be " eased " of paying Province 
rates, 2s ; do. that the Plymouth Company petition might 
not be granted, 3s ; do. four papers of indentures for bind- 
ing children, 6s. 

Here is a prescription for a sick person ; and if any one 
can at this day be benefited by it, they shall be welcome 
to this insertion. " An ounce of the syrup of Marsh Mal- 
lows, and half an ounce of the oil of Sweet Almonds, (fresli 



196 VAKIOUS MATTERS. 

drawn) mix tliem, and take half an ounce at anytime when 
had. Let them he well mixt hy shaking y™ well together, 
just hefore you take. Let it he taken warm." 

1769. Joseph Jones, Ehslia Cl;u'k and Richard Bowers 
were chosen a committee March 14, to lay out a road 
round Vaughan's pond, to Josiah Clarke's ; and from 
thence to the North bounds of the town. The previous 
effort for this object had failed. Benj. Woodbridge, Alex. 
Campbell and David Hopkins were appointed a committee 
to lay out a road from Sheepscot river, near Henry Hodge's 
or Mr. Hoghern's, Easterly to Crombie's Reach, against 
where the town road is already laid out. Nathaniel Bry- 
ant, Samuel Nickels and James Little authorized to lay out 
a road, from the town road where they shall think proper, 
to join a road proposed by the Quarter Sessions, through 
a place called Freetown, towards Boothbay. April 3. 
Chose Jacob Greely, Samuel Waters and Benj. Wood- 
l)ridge a committee, to lay out a road from the town road 
on Dyer's Neck, to join the town road on the Eastern side 
of Dyer's river — Woodbridge neighborhood. 

1770, March 14. Previous efforts having failed, a com- 
mittee was appointed at this meeting to lay out a road, 
from the county road near Damariscotta Mills round 
Vaughan's Pond and up the Western side of it to the 
North town line. 

The Selectmen were appointed a Committee to la}' out a 
road from Robert Cochran's house to the South side of 
Peter Patterson's field, in the Southwest part of the town. 
This road was accepted, March 14, 1776. Samuel Ken- 
nedy was allowed the privilege of putting up a gate or bars 
at that part of the town road that leads by his barn to 
James Cargill's. 

May 22. Voted to petition the Court of Sessions, to 
allow no license to be granted to either Innholder or 
Retailer, without the approbation of the Selectmen. The 
request was granted. 



VARIOUS MATTERS. 197 

1771, Sept. 20. Eaised u counuittee of three to luy out 
;i road from tlie county road up the West side of Vaughan's 
Pond to the North town Hne. A siniihir vote was passed 
at the next, March meeting in 1772. This proved success- 
ful. Several years had ehipsed since the first effort was 
made ; and it was not accepted till March 14, 1776. It 
was a great public convenience. 

1773, March 11. John Plummer, Mark Parsons, and 
Samuel Waters chosen a committee to lay out a public 
landing place, at the Head of the Tide ; and a road lead- 
ing from it to the town road, -where most convenipnt. 
Accepted Sept. 9, 1773. 

Oct. 10. Samuel Hilton, Samuel Waters and John 
Plummer appointed a committee to alter the road on 
Dyer's Neck ; and also to extend this road to the North 
line of the town. These dtjings were accepted Sept. 
15, 1774. 

1774, March 14. A committee was appointed to alter 
the road around the Ledge of Rocks. Their report was 
accepted March 14, 1776. September 22, a committee 
was raised to lay out a road, from the town road near 
Benjamin Glidden's, to the North town line, to accommo- 
date the people of Ballstown. Accepted March 14, 1776. 

Jacob Greely, David Murray and James Cargill were 
chosen a committee to assess damages for the pubhc 
landing place and road that were laid out the last year at 
the Head of the Tide. And liberty was also granted the 
inhabitants residing there, to build a bridge at said' laud- 
ing place, across the Sheepscot river, at their own expense. 
The amount of land for the landing place was one acre. 

This was the occjision for drawing u]) the following 

instrument : 

" Newcasel July y"-" 8, 1774." 

"Wee whose names are hereto subscribed Do promise 

and Ingage our Selves to work on building a Bridge over 

Sheepsc'ot River at The grate Rock by y*" turn of y'" River, 

by Benjamin Stickney's Lot, whear Sheepscot Committey 



198 VAinOUvS MATTERS. 

hath Laid ought a Town Koad To said River and do hcai 
by })roinise to work on sd Bridge tlie number of Days as 
shall be annext to our names or Pay to the Doer of the 
work three shillings and fourpence Lawful money for Each 
Day that we annext to our names omit working on said 
8d Bridge when Sd Biidge is finished as witness our hands. 
N B. That each person sining shall be duly notified."' 
"John Phimer fore days ; Jeremiah Ijean two days ; Sam- 
uel Waters three days ; Benj. Glidd 2 days, Jacob 
(irreely, 2 Days four oxen ; Amos Tennson 3 Days ; Eben'r 
Philbridge 1 Da}^ ; James Sheppard 2 Days ; Jonathan 
Noyes 1 Day ; Samuel Hilton 3 days ; Benj. Woodbridge, 
Jr 2 Days ; archibald mealister 1 Day ; Samuel Anderson 
1 Day." 

This effort appears to have been unsuccessful, or if a 
bridge was built there at that time, it could not have been 
a very substantial structure ; for in 1791, 14th of April, an 
article was inserted in the town warrant, to see what sum 
of money the town will raise to purchase materials for build- 
ing the bridge at the Head of Tide. And in the subsequent 
meeting in May, the town voted that the selectmen be a 
committee to procure such materials as are necessary for 
building one-half of the bridge over Sheepscot river, at the 
Head of the Tide. The inference is, that the effort was a 
combined one, between individuals, and the town. 

This year the office of Warden is revived, and Ebenezer 
Clark, John Catland, James Cargill and Samuel Hilton, 
were appointed. 

James Greely and David Murray were appointed " fish 
keepers," to see that the fish have free and easy passage u]) 
Sheepscot and Dyer's river, from the first day of May to 
the first day of June, and they were impowered to prose- 
cute, in every case where there should be a violation of 
tlie law in these respects. 

Tliis year Edgcomb was incorporated as a town. The 
place was originally settled by Samuel Trask and others^ 
in 1744. Under a possessory claim, they and subsequent 
settlers, lived undisturbed upon their lands ten years, when 



VARIOUS .AFATTEIIS. 199 

three men avnviiig from Boston, clialleugiul tluur titles, in 
virtue of an Indian deed, and surveyed lots upon the 
Sheepscot river which thej uunil^ered and marked. But, 
the deed of the Sagamores contained no definite bounds ; 
no actual possession had ever been taken under it, and 
the settlers were not disposed to surrender. Made 
acquainted with these facts, and actuated by a generous 
spirit, a lawyer in Boston undertook their cause without 
fee or reward. He gained his case, and the three claimants 
were obliged to abandon their pursuit. In recognition of 
the lawyer's generosity, the planters gave the name of 
Freetown to their plantation. It retained this name till 
its incorporation, 1774. The name Edgcomb was given to 
it, in honor of Lord Edgcomb, a distinguished friend of 
the Colonies. It formerly embraced all of Jeremisquam 
Island, except a small portion of the upper end of it which 
has belonged to the town of Wiscasset. The next year, 
after its incorporation, it was represented in the Provincial 
Congress by Moses Davis, Esq. 

The people now became restless under British rule. The 
appointees of the Crown are domineering and overbearing; 
and it is evident there is a spirit rising, that anon will 
show itself in actions wdiich wall astonish the world and 
slmke the British throne. The])eople meet in their prima- 
rv assemblies, discuss the matters of state and look 
thoughtfully upon the signs of the times. In th(! multitude 
of councillors, there is safetv- A Provincial Congress is 
resolved on. The people send up delegates to it. They 
meet at Salem, Oct. 7th, 1774, to the number of 208, and they 
resolve themselves into a Provincial Congress, by electing 
John Hancock, President, and Benjamin Lincoln, Secretary. 
They then adjourn to Concord. There, the)^ appoint a 
committee of safety and a committee of supplies. With 
one is vested the power to put in military an-ay, any portion 
of the militia, if necessary, for the common defence, and the 
other to secure all the public stores wdiich General Gage had 



200 VAPJOUS MAT'i'EliS. 

not seized. At the Noveuiber session, ;i fourth part of tlie 
niihtia was put in requisition, and were to draw pay from 
the time they left their homes. This Congress had three 
sessions and was dissolved December 10th, after having 
elected five delegates to a new Continental Congress. 

1775. A second Provincial Congress was convened Feb- 
ruary 1, between which time and its dissolatiou. Ma}' 29th, 
it had four sessions. The people are awake, the tide of 
patriotism arises and mighty events hurry along. This 
Congress, distinguished for its zeal, intelligence and lofty 
principles, consisted of two hundred and fifteen members. 
There were seventeen from Maine, among whom were 
James Sullivan, Ichabod Goodwin, Sanuiel Freeman 
Thomas Eice and Dum mer Sewall.^ 

The third Provincial Congress was convened at Water- 
town May 31, and consisted of 215 members. Dr. Josepli 
Warren was chosen President and thirteen of the ablest 
men were appointed a committee of safety. Twenty-six 
regiments were filled up, the proper officers appointed and 
commissioned, and every preparation made for resisting an 
attack. The period of three Provincial Congresses, was 
from October 7, 1771 to July 19, 1775 — nine months and 
thirteen days. And the members in them from Lincoln 
County were, Samuel McCobb, Georgetown ; John Merrill, 
Samuel Fulton, Topsham; Samuel Harnden, Bowdoinham ; 
Joseph North, Gardinerstown ; Remington Hobby, Vas- 
salboro ; Ichabod Howe, Winthrop ; Timothy Langdon, 
Pownalboro' ; Moses Davis, Edgcomb. The necessity for 
tliem had ended, and all eyes are now turned to the Con- 
tinental Congi-ess whic-h was then sitting at Philadelphia. 

During this year there was great distress and scarcity 
anjong the people. Corn and grain in sufiicient quan ti- 
tle's for home consumption, could not be raised. There 
were but few calls from abroad for wood and lumber and 
a messenger arriving at Falmouth from the Penobscot, 
declared that many families were without bread, and that 



VARIOUS MATTERS. 201 

numbers of children had actually died from starvation and 
cold. On the 27th of April, the town raised a committee 
of five to send to the Westward for corn. They appropri- 
ated £150 for this purpose, and for the purchase of one 
hundred pounds of powder. The town paid for the trans- 
portation of the articles, and instructed the committee to 
obtain them as soon as possible. 

The Province tax for this year, was paid to Henry Gar- 
diner of Stow and his receipt taken. Voted that all 
notifications of Town Meetings be put up at the meeting 
house on the eastern side, and also at Capt. Robt. Hodge's, 
Innholder. He lived where is the homestead of the late 
Capt. Thomas Lennox. They also direct that the landing 
place shall be prized, and a " good deed " taken for it, and 
put upon record. 

July 11, voted to send Benjamin Woodbridge, Repre- 
sentative to the Provincial Congress at Watertown, whose 
session commenced the 19th inst., the town bearing his 
expenses. 

May 30. A road is laid out from Crombie's Reach to 
Robert Cochran's. Accepted March 14, 1776. 

Silvester Murphy is indebted to James Campbell, " to 2 
mug's of toddy, 9s ; to rum at the Sculhous, -Is ; to five 
weeks' board £17, 10s ; to 1 pair of stockins, £1, 15s ; £19, 
18s, old tenor ; Credit By cash, £3 ; one day's work £1, 
2s, 6d ; £4, 2, 6d. Errors Excepted." 

When Captain John Holmes, a few years since, built a 
shi]o, he named her the Ontario, and about the same time. Col. 
Glidden named a ship he built, Henry Clay. Shipbuilders 
never neglect this mark. Farmers do the same thing. 
And it is just as necessary that they should mark their 
sheep and cattle, as it is, that ships should have their 
names. " Therefore, be it known, that Samuel Hilton's ear 
mark is the top of the ear cropped. Benjamin Ghdden's 
ear mark is a crop ofi" the right ear, a half penny under the 
same and the left ear split. Mark Parson's ear mark 



N 



202 DANGERS OF THE COUNTRY. 

is a half penny under the left ear, and a uich between that 
and the creature's head. James Carr's ear maik is a crop 
otf the left ear. " So says the Kecord, by Sam Nickels, 
March U, 1775. 

On the 27th of August 1789, it is written, that Nath. 
Brj^ant's mark is a cro]) off the left ear, and the letters N. 
B. on the left horn. Robert Cochran's ear mark is the 
right ear split. Daniel Campbell's ear mark is a hole 
through the right ear, and his mark for cattle, is D. C. on 
the horn. Thus ^am Nickels recorded, 

April 1, 1800. 

May 17, 1800. There was "taken up by William Waters 
a stray mare of a dark bay color with a Black main 
and Tail, has a white strip in her face, and one white foot, 
a Natural trotter." The owner has only to call and prove 
property. A queer place this to advertise a stra}^ Mare. 
But there were no newspapers, though there were Inns and 
Meeting houses. 



CHAPTEE XXIX 



DANGERS OF THE COUNTRY. 

Our fathers were surrounded with perils. Their history 
is laid in blood. They here met and conquered the foe. 
For about one century, they fought and bled and died. 
At this late day when we are surrounded with so many of 
the comforts of life and can lie down and sleep in our own 
dwellings and beds securely, and can enjo}^ the food which 
our own hands have acquired, without fear of the Indian 
torch and tomahawk, we can scarcely realize the sufferings 



DANGERS OF THE COUNTRY. 208 

of our fathers, or properly estimate the perils by which 
they Avere surrounded Aud when the Indian tomahawk 
was laid aside, and the war whoop had died away, and tlie 
Council fires had forever gone out, then came the war of 
the. Revolution, by which, through seven long and tedious 
years, they were obliged to suffer intensely, and many of 
their children were found among the slain. They not only 
had foes without but within. Some of their own namber 
favored the cause of King George, and gave him "aid and 
comfort" by furnishing his subjects with the means of car- 
rying on the war. The inhabitants of Newcastle, of Pow- 
nalboro and other towns around, favored the Republican 
cause, and entered with spirit into the American cause — 
thus to avenge their country's blood and obtain their own 
freedom. The men of Newcastle joined the army, voted 
supplies, and shed their own blood in this patriotic cause ; 
still there were those among them, who could not resist 
the temptation of helping the enemy, if they thereby 
could help themselves. 

The doings of the Provincial Congress at Concord, 
April 12, 1775, were 

"Whereas the Preservation of our Country from Slavery 
depends under God, on an effectual Execution of the Con- 
tinental and Provincial Measures for that Purpose ; — 

"Resolved — That there be now appointed for eacli 
County in this Colony, a Committee consisting of five Per- 
sons, any three of whom, to be a Quorum, whose Business 
it shall be, to receive from the Committees of Correspond- 
ence, in their respective Counties, a State of the Conduct 
of the Towns and Districts, with respect to their having 
executed the Continental and Provincial Plans as afore- 
said ; aud it shall be the duties of said Committees to meet 
on the first Wednesdays of May, July, September, Novem- 
ber, Januar}' and March, and prepare a Report of the same, 
to be laid before Congress at its then next Session, that 



201 DANGERS OF THE COUNTRY. 

an}' Neglect of such Towns and Districts in executing such 
Plans, may be speedily and effectually remedied." 

The second Piesolution relates to recommending to the 
"Committees of correspondence" to report, with diligence 
and care, to the County Committees. 

The third Resolution recommends to all "Towns and 
Districts to choose such Committees and to aid them in 
every way possible that the enemies of the Country might 
be subdued. 

Signed, John Hancock, President. . 

Benjamin Lincoln, Secretary." 

The Committee for this County were, James Howard, 

Esq., Messrs AYade, Samuel McCobb, Duunner 

Sewall and Timoth}' Langdon. The latter gentlem;m 
resided in Pownalboro'. On the 15th of May, 1775, he 
wrote to the Selectmen of Newcastle urging them to take 
immediate action in the matter. And on the 30th of May, 
the town had a meeting, when they voted to choose a 
committee of nine persons to inspect into all matters 
agreeable to the direction of the Congress. The com- 
mittee were, John Farley, James Cargill, James Little, 
David Hopkins, Benj. Woodbridge, Jun., Joseph Jones, 
Samuel Calley,* Jacob Greely and Prince Barker. 

They also voted that said Committee shall act as a 
Committee of Correspondence, and that a half barrel of 
powder shall be sent for. 

June 13, 1775. Committee met -at the house of Capt. 
Prince Barker, on the East side of the town. John Farley 
was chosen Moderator, and Benjamin Woodbridge, Jun., 
Clerk. Business of importance came before them. For 
it appears that Capt. John Hodge, in the sloop, "Three 
Brothers, Avith his two hands, Samuel Simpson and John 
Cunningham, had been taken into Boston and released 
again by the British. This was while they held posses- 

* Name spelt as in the Records. 



BANGERB OF THE COUNTRY. 205 

.■^ioii of that important town. The thing had a bad 
appearance. Had Hodge, in his sloop, been carrying su]> 
phes to the eneni}- ? The Committee must know. Hodge 
and his two men are examined ; but they found after 
examination that he had been "taken into Boston by" — 
here the Record abruptly closes. They however agreed to 
refer the matter to the next meeting which was appointed 
to be held on Tuesday, the 20th inst., at Capt. Eobt. 
Hodge's. The proceedings of the meeting, were signed by 
the Chairman, Clerk, and other members of the Com- 
mittee. 

June 20, the Committee met according to adjournment, 
every man of tliem ; for these were times for patriots to be 
awake. John Hodge appeared before them ; but things 
appeared no more favorable for him. Seven days had 
passed away since their first meeting ; due inquiries had 
been made ; and a strict examination had been entered 
into ; and the judgment was, that John Hodge had been 
Avillingiy taken, carried into the port of Boston, and paid 
for his cargo in British gold. The sloop had not yet 
arrived, though the men had. The fear of seizure had 
kept her awa}'. Wherupon it was 

"Voted, That Capt. John Hodge have Orders to brin'g 
his sloop the "Three Brothers," into the Bounds of this 
Town again, and haul her up and strip her Immediately 
and make return to this Committee of his Doings. Said 
Sloop is to be haiiled up at Mr. Benjn. Woodbridge's 
point, at a place Called the "Spring well Cove ;" and if 
said Hodge dont Comply with these Orders, that the Com- 
mittee Order the Commanding ofiicers of the Militia to 
send a Company Immediately to haul up said Sloo]) and 
Strip her upon Said Hodge's Cost and Charge." 

The Captain was contumacious. He did not obey 
orders. He had been rather accustomed to give, than to 
receive them. Whereupon, the Committee assembled 
three days afterward, June 23, at the house of Capt. 



206 DANGERS OF THE COUNTRY. 

Prince Barker and "Ordered Col. James Cargill to take the 
care and cli.irge of Capt. John Hodge's Sloop, Rigging 
and Sails, and to haul her up at a place Called McKack- 
nej's Rock. 2dlj., Ordered That the Commanding Officer 
of the Eigiment See that the Powder that was brought 
into this town, by Capt. John Farley, be distributed as was 
agreed at y*" time it was sent for." 

Col. Cargill, the fearless, the active and tlie efficient, had 
taken the Sloop in hand, and she- must obey. She was 
hauled up and stripped ; and Capt. John Hodge had leave 
to tarry on shore awhile. 

Four days after this,, the committee, are together, prompt 
as the returning sun, at the house of Capt. Prince Barker. 
What had called them together? Some diseases are con- 
tagious. So is sin. So is rebellion. There was a near 
kinsman of Capt. John Hodge who had indulged in intem- 
perate and abusive language against Congress and the 
Committee, because of their position and their doings. 
There were traitors in those days. His case must bo 
attended to. He is cited before the Committee ;. the facts 
are proved, and he is obliged to make the following 
confession. 

"Whereas, I the Subscriber, in time past, have spoken 
some unadvised words, not agreeable to the directions of 
the Congresses or our Committee of Correspondence, I 
hereby acknowledge myself sorry for the same, and do 
promise to agree, in all matters, according to the orders of 
the Congresses, Continental and Provincial ; and to assist 
my countrj'inen, in all respects whatsoever, in defence of 
my country, with life and interest." 

Signed, Robt. Hodge, Junior, 

Attest, BiiN.T. WooDBRiDGE, Clerk. 

July 18, 1775. The Committee are together again at the 
liouse of Capt. Prince Barker. A proposition had been 
made bv David Silvester for the release of the Sloop, 



D^VNCxEKS OF THE COUNTRY. 207 

Three Brothers. As the Sloop had incurred no guilt in 
the case, and she would do no one any good tied up ' at 
McKackney's Rock, they conclude to let her go. Col. 
Oargill, David Hopkins and Samuel Calley were appointed 
a Committee to agree upon what terms Capt. John Hodge's 
Sloop should be released to Capt. David Silvester. 

At the same time, thej- required that Capt.. John Hodge 
make an "acknowledgement for his past conduct in 
Avriting." The Committee were resolute (for Cargill was 
there) and the subdued Captain found himself minus, for 
the gold he had received at British hands. Hodge lived 
where the. late Capt. Thomas Lennox did, but he owned 
land on Dyer's Neck. He said "he was not allowed to 
think at home ; but he could go over to Dye)-'s Neck, and 
there he could think as he pleased." 

But Capt John Hodge, on the loth of June, 1775, sub- 
scribed, with his own hand, the following writing, "I, the 
subscriber, being Master of the sloop Three Brothers, do 
promise to the Committee of Inspection of the town of 
Newcastle, that I will not take any cargo on board said 
sloop, nor suffer any to be taken on board, before I 
acquaint the said Committee thereof, and where I intend 
to carry said load ; and also to conform to their directions, 
agreeable to the orders of Congress." 

The captain was subdued ; no more trouble from him. 

You sware that you will have no connection witli George 
the third. King of Great Britain, nor aid and assist him or his 
forces or ileets which are sent from England against North 
America, or any of the Thirteen States in North America ; 
and that you will discover any Plots or Conspiracies they 
are forming against the said States that shall come to your 
knowledge ; farther, you will aid and assist the States 
whatever lies in 3^our power against tlie forces that are 
come out against them. 

Signed, Alexr. Nickels. 

Dated, Newcastle, Oct. 28, 1778." 



208 DANGERS OF THE COUNTRY. 

1776. In May, the General Court tleclared Massacliii- 
setts a Free, Independent and Sovereign State, by enact- 
ing that all Civil and Military Commissions, and all Writs, 
Precepts and Recognizances, shall, after the First day of 
Jane next, be issaed in the Name of the Government and 
People of Massachusetts Bay in New England, and bear 
date in the Christian Era, Avithout any mention or recogni- 
tion of the British Sovereign. It was the bold, decisive, 
ultimate step. Things had been ripening to this result, 
and at last it came. Massachusetts led the van. She took 
the lii-st Step. She was now a Power in the earth. Her 
course was onward — right onward to Wealth, Happiness 
and Benown. 

Newcastle when called upon, takes her stand for the 
Country — for Freedom — for Bight — for God. And on the 
24:th day of June in Town meeting assembled, she sol- 
emnly declares— 

"That if the Honorable Congress shall judge it neces- 
sary for the safety of the Colonies, to declare themselves 
independent of Great Britain, they will support them in 
the measure, with their lives and fortunes." 

Noble words ! which but indicated the spirit that con- 
ceived and uttered them. Newcastle was true to her 
pledge. On the Fourth of July, only ten days after this 
Besolve, the Thirteen Colonies declared themselves Inde- 
pendent ; and on the 24th of December following, the 
Town are together and agree to pay a Bounty of twenty 
dollars to each man who shall "enlist, march and continue 
in the service three months ; and that the sums shall be 
assessed in five days ; and in five days more, paid into the 
Treasury of the town. 

The town boundary is now disputed. Edgcomb claimed 
a strip of territory running from river to river, over which 
Newcastle had held jurisdiction ; but Newcastle, though 
re(|uested, refused to do anything about the settlement of 
it, at present. 



DANGERS OF THE COUNTRY. 209 

Peter Huntoon and family are ordered to leave the town 
forthwith, lest they become a public charge. 

But the rogues were not all confined to Newcastle. Other 
places were infested with them. On the 20th of January, 
1776, Timothy Parsons of Pownalboro' wrote to the Com- 
mittee of Inspection of Newcastle, exposing the position and 
design of this man. I give his letter as I find it, as it will 
afford us the best historj^ there is of the affair. " I am 
informed," writes Mr. Parsons, "that Abiel Wood has pur- 
chast or agreed for A large Quantity of Suger of Somebody 
ueare Damiscotta River. You are Knowing I suppose, 
who has Sugers to Sell there by the H. H., which is soon 
to be hauled Over by Land. As said Wood has violated the 
American Association and been published in the Gazateer 
as Such and in Many other instances an Enemy to American 
Liberty by the Committee of Inspection which has been 
confirmed by the General Courts, and as the Eleventh 
Article in the Association Strictly forbids All persons from 
having any further Dealing with any person that is so pub- 
lished, the following instance May serye for an example. 
Said Wood sent to Portsmouth for three bbls of pitch by one 
Goldwaith of Woolwich this fawl past which he purchased 
for Said Wood theiis and had got it on board his Boat. 
General Sullivan being informed of it Sent a file of Men 
and took Said Goldwaith into Custody and his Boat and 
pitch. The General Ordered Said (xoldwaith Sent to the 
Committee for Tryal, and the pitch to be taken out of the 
Boat and put into the Province Store w"" was done. The 
Committee Sent and had Said Goldwaith before them and 
he received for his Kiness to Said Wood forty-eight ower's 
imprisonment, twenty-four of which was without being 
Alowed anything to Eat or Drink. The pitch was con- 
demned for the County's use and considerable of his Estate 
taken from him to pay Charges. General Sullivan was one 
of the Members of the Continental Congress when the 
Association was paid, and Undoubtedly he took a ]iroper 



210 DANGERS OF THE COUNTKY. 

Method with Goldwaith, for his traidiiig for Wood. I hope 
the Committee of Iiispcction for Newcastle, if they should 
find any Goldwaiths in Xo\\ castle, Endeavoring to Suppl}' 
Wood with Sugers or traid with him, in Any Other Respect, 
that they will inflict as just a ])unishment on the Man, and 
Take as Good Care of the Goods, as ower Friends at Ports- 
mouth did." 

" When the Resolve of the General Court Came Down that 
Confirmed the Committee of Inspector's doings, in pub- 
lishing Said Wood A Violator of the Association and an 
Enemy to American Liberty, the people here, in General, 
in Stead of Breaking of Traid with him, Seame more Dis- 
posed than Ever to support him in his Traid, The priest 
Spends Considerable part of his time in advising people to 
traid with him. But at present, he has Nothing to traid 
on, I trust there is Virtue Anoff in Newcastle, to prevent 
his having any further Supply from or throw Newcastle, 
which is the Duty of Every town and place that regards 
the American Association, which is the Grand Criterion of 
Every Friend to American Liberty." 

The Tories were the enemies of the country. Then, there 
were foes Avithout and foes within, and the foes within were 
worse than the foes without. Congress was awake to them 
and so were the people. They could not be trusted, for 
their acts of cruelty were frequent and enormous, and at 
every opportunity, they would betray American interests 
into British hands. Numbers of them fled the country, 
and either settled abroad, or else returned in disgrace, 
when the war was over. There was a hn'al man by the 
name of Soule who lived at Broad Cove, that had incurred 
the hatred of the Tories, and they w-ere determined on 
I'evenge. He was an early riser, and one morning going 
out before it was fairly light to feed his cattle, he was 
seized by those desperate men who pinioned his arms 
l)ehind hira, to take him away. He begged permission to 
go into his house and bid his family adieu, which was 



DANGERS OF THE COUNTRY. 211 

granted. On going into the room where was his wife 
with her babe in bed, he went backwards to a table, took 
up a knife and carried it to her that she might cut the 
cords that bound his hands. He wished to seize one of 
the four guns which he always kept standing loaded by his 
bedside, in order to defend himself ; but, just as she was 
in the act of cutting the cord, the rebels seeing what was 
going on, aimed their guns at him, shot him dead, and split 
in two the thumb of the right hand of his wife. They then 
made off, and left the house tilled with sadness, mourning 
and woe. 

1777. At the Annual meeting, five individuals, James 
Carr, Jacob Greely, James Cargill, John Farley and William 
Nickels, were elected a Committee of " Safety, Correspond- 
ence and Inspection. " 

On the 17tli of January, the Selectmen, Samuel Waters 
and David Hopkins, ordered Benjamin Day and family to 
" depart " out of town before the 20th, lest they become a 
town charge. If this was not gospel, it was both law and 
the custom of the times. 

December 22. Agreeable to the recommendation of 
General Court the town voted £30 for the benefit of the 
soldiers' families, and the Selectmen were appointed a 
committee for that purpose. 

1778, March 16. Selectmen were appointed a committee to 
provide for the soldier's families. James Cargill, Jacob Greely 
and Henry Little were chosen a committee of Inspection, 
Correspondence and Safety. 

One seventh part of the male population, were in the 
Continental army. Town on May 28th, voted to supply 
their clothing. The assessment was made by a rate. The 
people manufactured and made the articles. £50 were also 
raised for the support of the soldiers' wives who belonged 
in town. The plan of government for Massachusetts Bay 
which the General Court had framed, not being acceptable 
to the people, was not adopted. 



212 DANGERS OF THE COUNTliY. 

The stand taken by the town in favor of the war, Hberty 
and the country, was patriotic, noble and prompt. New- 
castle made out for the army, more than her quota of 
soldiers, and was ever ready to furnish supplies. If she 
ever failed, it was not because of her unwillingness but of 
her inability. 

July the 2d of this year, the town agreed to hire X127, 
16s, to pay three soldiers that went into the Continental 
army, their bounty and mileage, and they ordered that the 
sum be immediately assessed and collected. 

Congress this year, divided the State of Massachusetts into 
three districts, the Southern, Middle and Northern. This 
last embraced the three Counties of York, Cumberland and 
Lincoln which acquired the distinctive appellation District 
of Maine. 

This appellation was retained, till the District was 
erected into an independent State. 

The number of persons in town, Avho, this year, were 
assessed to pay a State tax, was seventy. Benjamin 
Woodbridge was Constable and Collector. He was also 
appointed to collect the State tax of forty-two persons 
living in " Adjacent " places. 

1778, April 29. A committee was raised " to lay out " 
la Bridle road from Ezekiel Laiten's to Samuel Waters,' on 
Dyer's Neck. Accepted March 14,1780. 

During the Revolutionar}' war, a ship and a brig were 
loading, one with masts and the other with lumber, at 
Wiscasset, destined for France. Sir George Collyer, in 
the British Sloop of war Rainbow, came up the river, 
seized them, and laid the inhabitants under contribution 
for supplies. The Colonel of the Regiment demanded 
their release and the departure of the vessel. This was 
refused. SeA^eral notes passed between them. Finally, the 
Colonel told the British Commander, if he did not release 
the vessels and leave the harbor within a specified time, he 
would station his Regiment at Daggett's Castle, a high bluff 



DANGEHS OF THE COUNTIJY. 213 

about four miles below Wiscasset, and with his eaiinou 
blow him to atoms as he descended the river. The 
doughty Captain, deeming iliscretion the better |)art of 
valor, took the hint and left. 

After his departure, the two vessels sailed for France 
where their cargoes sold at enormous prices, and they took 
their. pay in guns and other material of Avar. They arrived 
home in safety, where both they and their cargoes were 
cordiall}' welcomed. They were profitable voyages. 

At one time, Colonel Jones* went to Boston on horse- 
back, and returned with his saddle bags full of powder. 

1779, January 6. Town voted to raise £50 for the soldiers" 
families. April 27, a letter was received from the town of 
Bristol in which they propose to Join with Newcastle, 
Edgcomb and Boothbay, in sending a Bepresentative to 
the General Court. The plan proposed Avas, that eacli 
town should choose a committee of three, making twelve 
in all, and that they should meet at Pemaquid, and choose 
one man for the four towns, to represent them in General 
Court. But Newcastle refused to concur. And on the 18th 
of August the town refused to give its consent to have the 
Constitution of State Government altered, and to send a 
Representative. 

A County convention Avas called to meet at Wiscasset 
November 3, to consult on matters relating to the County. 
Major -John Farley Avas chosen Delegate, and the town 
agreed to pay their proportion of the expense incurred 
thereby. £200 was voted for the benetit of the soldiers' 
families. A committee w^as authorized to alter the road 
on James GiA-en's land. Committee of Correspondence^ 
Inspection and Safety, were James Cargill, Benjamin 
Woodbridge, Amos Parsons, David Haynes and James 
Little. A road Avas ordered to be laid out from Ilobert ^ 
Cochran's to Edgcomb line. Accepted March 13, 1781. 



* William .Tones, his cfraudsou. 



■214 DANGERS OF THE COUNTRY. 

Soon after, Majorbiguycluce was occupied by the British^ 
1775). Colonel Cargill was ordered there with a body of 
men. He went, and burnt the Blockhouse and Cartilage, 
and afterwards, by order of Government, he again ap])eared 
at the head of a party, and labored indefatigalVly, till 
almost exhausted with toil and hunger, in tilling the 
ditches and leveling the breastworks. Yet some of the 
eavities are now to be seen. 

1780. At the March meeting, James Cargill, Henry 
Little, John Chase, John Farley, and James Woodbridge 
were chosen a committee of Inspection, Correspondence 
and Safety. September 1, 1779, the Convention chosen by 
towns to form " A Plan of Government for the State," met 
at Cambridge and after a protracted and laborious season, 
finished their labors, the Constitution was submitted to the 
people for their adoption or rejection. On the 9th day of 
May, the people of Newcastle w-ere brought to a vote 
upon it ; and of twenty-seven voters in the House, twenty- 
five voted in favor of it. The Constitution was adopted 
b}' the State. 

A second County Convention was held at the house of 
Mr. "Witcher in Wiscasset on the 20th of June, to consult 
on matters relating to the County. David Murray was 
Delegate. 

This year, for the first time, the people of the State were 
called upon to choose State officers, under the new consti- 
tution. In Newcastle, John Hancock had twenty-one votes 
for Governor, James Bowdoin two votes for Governor ; 
James Bowdoin had thirteen votes for Lieutenant Gover- 
nor ; William Lithgow of Georgetown had twenty-one 
votes for Senator, which was ail that the County of Lincoln 
was entitled to. It was the work of fieemen, and a new 
chapter in the history of the State. 

On the 6th of November, the town agreed to give David 
Murray thirty-two shillings and sixpence per pound for 
three thousand, four hundred and eighty "weight" of beef 



DANGERS OP THE COUNTllY. 215 

■which he agrees to dehvcr to the x\geut of tlie Couiitv 
appointed bj the General Court, to receive the same. 
The money was to be asse>!sed on Newcastle ami its 
^'adjacents," in the speediest time possible. 

1781, Feb. 1. Another demand being made for beef, 
accordii)g to a resolve passed by the General Court in 
November last, the town voted not to compl}-, at present ; 
but chose two delegates to meet in County Convention at 
the house of Ebeuezer Witcher in Wiscasset, on the 14th 
of February inst., to take such measures as shall api^ear 
to them most for the benefit of the County, in these "dis- 
tressing circumstances." Jonathan Jones, Wm. Nickels, 
Hugh Holmes, Robert Simpson appointed Committee of 
of Inspection, Correspondence and Safety. May 18. The 
town voted not to raise any men for the Continental army, 
but agreed to petition tlie General Court, to be relieved of 
that burden. The Selectmen were to petition in behalf of 
the town. Oct. 3. The town, considering their circum- 
stances, in having their communication cut off, in a great 
measure, bj' sea, and consequently their trade, voted not to 
assess au}' State tax at present, "in hope that the General 
Court, when they dul}' consider the matter, will not exact 
it of us." The "adjacents" were invited to send, each a 
man, to assist the Assessors of Newcastle, in making out 
the State and County taxes for this year. 

In every tax of =£1,000 upon the whole State, the Dis- 
trict of Maine paid X92, 2s., Id. Beef tax on Maine, was 
286,120 lbs. Shoe and hose tax on Maine, in 1780, was 
l.OK) pairs; York furnished 60; Falmouth 72; Powiial- 
boro 86 pairs ; and other towns in proportion. Thomas 
Gushing had 8 votes for Lieut. Gov. Wm. Lithgow had 5 
and Thomas Rice 8 votes for Senator. These were all the 
voters present at that meeting. 

1782, A new demand is made, both for men and means. 
The town ordered the Selectmen to send up to the Gen- 
eral Court a list of the soldiers who have already gone 



21() DANGEKS OF Til]!: COUNTllY. 

from Newcastle and were in the Continental army, and 
which would amouDt to more than the present quota. 
And considering their distressing circiimstances, "they 
thought it out of their power to pay Continental taxes.'" 

1783. Tin; committee of Correspondence and Safety is 
dis})ensed with. May 8. The town voted not to assess 
any State or Continental tax which came to this town 
before peace Avas proclaimed, and to iudenniify the Select- 
men for any loss or inconvenience occasioned to them 
thereby. The town had got up a little bit of a rebellion. 
Whereupon in November they were surprised by an Exe- 
cution taken out against them, l)y Edmund Bridge, Esq., 
for a deficiency to the State, of their required portion of 
beef. The amount of the Execution, was £251, 17s., 4d. 

The Execution was taken out the 15th of November and 
would expire in fifty days. This forcible appeal brought 
the town to terms. A town Meeting is hurried along ; 
and the case is just as plain as the Warrant calling the 
meeting, that that debt must be paid. A vote of town 
meeting would not delay the last hour of grace, no, not 
a single moment. Peace had come and so had their deter- 
mination to pay that debt. The nation had whipped the 
English, and there was power enough left to bring a little 
town in Maine to terms. Newcastle had done well in the 
Revolution ; but her debts to her country, must be paid. 
They were paid — the rebellion was quelled. For, on the 
16th of December, they empower -Jonathan Jones to go 
and see Mr. Bridge on account of said Execution, and also 
consult Jonathan Bowman, Judge of Probate, to know if 
another State tax must be assessed immediately, and make 
return of his doings to the Selectmen. Newcastle is her- 
self again. Legal suasion has its uses, in this unwilling 
world. 

The State and Continental taxes had, for some time, 
been felt to be a burden, by this and the neighboring 
towns ; and on the 28th of November, John Farley was 



TOWN CENSUS AND VALUATION. 217 

appointed by the town to attend a Convention of Dele- 
gates from neighboring towns, at the house of Ohver Nash, 
Esq., at Broad Cove, to consult and take such measures, 
as thej may judge proper, to get an abatement of their 
taxes. One of the objects of this meeting appears to 
have been, to make a representation of the whole matter 
to the General Court, and have them take some action 
upon the matter. 



CHAPTER XXX. 



TOWN CENSUS AND VALUATION. 

In 1783, the year after the Revolution, there were in 
town, as per valuation, 28 families, consisting of 114 per- 
sons. They were distributed in families, as follows : 
Widow Sarah Cunningham, 5 ; Thomas McNearo; Hugh 
Holmes, 4 ; Widow Mary Kennedy, 2 ; Col. James Cargill, 
7 ; Samuel McLelland, 1 ; Widow Mary Hodge, 2 ; William 
Kennedy, 9 ; Henry Kennedy — ; Robert Cochran, 5 ; 
Nancy Hopkins, 1 ; Peter Patterson, 5 ; David Cargill, 5 ; 
David Somes, 9; John Cochran, 2; Adam Coclii'an, 3; 
James Brewer, 3 ; Allan Malcolm, 5 ; Samuel Kennedy, 1 ; 
Elias Perkins, 2 ; William Kennedy, 1 ; Samuel Kennedy, 
4 ; John Cunningham, 6 ; Benjamin Cheney, 5 ; Capt. 
Samuel Nickels, 12 ; David Linscott, 3 ; Alexander Dun- 
can, 3 ; Benjamin Woodl)ri(lge, 4. The number of rate- 
able polls that year was 32 ; polls not rateable, 3. Dwell- 
ing houses, 15 ; Barns, 15 ; Mills, none ; Buildings worth 
£5 and upwards, none ; Acres of tillage land 53 .\ ; Acres of 
English mowing land, 141 ; Acres of fish meadows, 16 ; 



218 TOWN CENSUS AND VALUATION. 

Acres of salt marsh, 169 ; Acres of pasturage, 121 ; Acres 
of woodland, 704 ; Acres of unimproved land, 2,113 ; 
Acres of land unimprovable, 580 ; vessels two, 9.y tons 
each ; Stock in trade, none ; Horses and mares 13 ; Colts 
two years old, 1 ; Colts one year old, 4 ; Oxen, 40 ; three 
years old, 21 ; two years old, 32 ; one year old, 47 ; Cows, 
75 ; Sheep six months old, 153 ; Swine, six months old 
and upwards, 49 ; Ounces of plate, none ; Debts due 
X149 ; Money on hand, £9, 10s. There .were also on the 
Eastern side of the town six colored people and some on 
the Western. 

It is to be remembered that when this valuation was 
taken, the country was just emerging from a long and per- 
ilous wir with the most mighty nation on earth, and that, 
of consequence, the inhabitants, especially in these East- 
ern parts, were few and comparatively poor. War is the 
great destroyer ! 

Jonathan Jones is chosen the first Representative to the 
General Court, under the new Constitution. 

1784. The General Court took action on the prayer of 
the petitioners. And on the 1st of September, the to\vn 
were together, and appointed a committee to meet a com- 
mittee of the General Court, and to provide entertainment 
for them while they were in town. It is believed that they 
were not successful ; or if so, only in part ; for in 1786, 
the}^ vote to make their arrearage tax by last year's 
valuation. 

This year an unsuccessful attempt was made to sell a lot 
of land which the town obtained of Jonathan Fish, that 
lay at the Head of Damariscotta Pond, 

1785. Benj. Eackley agrees witli the town to keep Mrs. 
Cooper one year from the 2d of Ma}^ at the rate of 4s., 9d. 
per week. 

The State tax for this year, was £166, 17s, 2.\d., and 
was assessed on 69 individuals. 

The General Court emplo3'ed a Public Religious Teacher, 



TOWN CENSUS AND VALUATION. 219 

for one half of the year, to labor in the destitute Towns 
and Plantations. 

Tliis year, Jan. 1, was distinguished by the issuing of 
the first number of the "Falmouth Gazette," Thomas B. 
Wait, Editor. It was the first newspaper printed in the 
State. 

At the "Call" issued in this paper, the Convention of 'd'6 
Delegates met October 5, at Falmouth in Tlev. Messrs. 
Smith and Deane's Meeting house, for the purpose of tak- 
ing into consideration, the condition of the three Counties 
of Maine, — York, Cumberland and Lincoln, and whether 
it would be for their benefit to have a separate State Gov- 
ernment. They send out circulars to the towns in the 
District, calling a meeting for the same purpose, to be 
held the first Wednesday in January, 1786, at the same 
place as the first, at 10 A. M. The town voted a compli- 
ance ; and Samuel Nickels was appointed a Delegate. 
His instructions were : 1, To vote for a separate State 
Government ; 2, If the Convention should conclude vot to 
separate, then he must leave and return home ; 3, If the 
Convention should deem a separation expedient, and 
inaugurate measures to that end, then he must use "his 
own discretion with his brethren," as to the manner in 
which the thing should be effected. 

1786. The Convention deliberate upon the matters 
before them, and without coming to any definite conclu- 
sion, adjourn to the following Sept. 5. Samuel Nickels 
was Delegate, 

At the Siime meeting. May 9, the town voted to petition 
the General Court, to establish the Superior Court at AYis- 
casset. Falmouth is, at this time, divided, and Portland 
incorporated. This was July 4, just ten years after the 
Declaration of Independence. They also ask that the 
Court of Common pleas shall hold its Sessions at Wiscas- 
set ; and they petition the Court of Sessions to have the 
Jail built, at the same place. Their prayers and those of 
the other petitioners, were answered. 



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March 16. Jonathan Jones, John Given and Benj. 
"Woodbriilge were appointed a Coniuiittee, to laj out a 
road from Jonathan Jones' residence to John Given's ; — 
Damariscotta Pond to Woodbridge neighborhood. This 
road was the subject of contention for a long time ; and at 
hist it was settled by the gift of the land to the town, over 
which it ran, by Jones and Given. It was accepted by the 
town April 7, 1788. 

The town also voted a road from Damariscotta P<md to 
Salt water, and a landing place. Laid out and accepted 
April 6, 1789. 

A committee was also raised to lay out a road from 
Ebenezer Clarke's across "Wading Place" to the County 
road. Accepted April 6, 1789. 

1787, Feb. 11. Vessel cast away at Bangs' Island. 
Capt. Chase and his apprentice drowned.* She was a 
sloop of ninety tons, bound from Sheepscot to Newbury. 
The two drowned were Capt. Moses Chase and John Deane. 
Three of the crew were saved. The loss was attributed to 
the want of a lighthouse at the mouth of the harbor, none 
having been ei'ected there. Immediate measures were 
taken to secure that object. 

1787. In the latter part of this ^ear, a Circular was 
sent into the town, requesting the minds of the inhabitants,' 
respecting a separate State Government, and a AVarrant 
was issued calling a town meeting ; but the voters failed to 
meet, and no action was taken. The feeling in favor of the 
measure, was evidently declining, and the work of creating 
another State, was reserved for the succeeding Century. 

On the 5th of November, the town was asked to express 
their minds on the United States Constitution whicli was 
done in Convention September, 1787. They voted " not to 
accept the Constitution as it now stands." They chose 
David Murray a delegate to the State Convention, at 



* Deaue's Journal, p. 359. 



TOWN CENSUS AND VALUATION. 221 

Boston, which was to be held the second Wednesday in Janu- 
ary 1787, to represent the minds of the people there, i.pon 
the question. The instructions, given him, as drawn up 
by James Cargill, Benjamin Woodbridge and Samuel 
Kennedy, the town's committee for that purpose, were, 
^' That he join said Convention and give his vote against 
Said Constitution, as it now stands, and if his brethren 
in Convention assembled, should think it proper to write 
to Congress the objections they have against said Constitu- 
tion, to act his own judgment for this town's ol)jections." 
A majority of 19 of the towns in the State, were in favor 
of the new Constitution. The vote stood 187 for, and lfi8 
against it, 

1788. There were 54 votes thrown April 7, for Captain 
Henry Hodge, for County Treasurer, and none for any 
other person. An unsuccessful attempt was made this 
year, to add two and one-half miles to the North side of 
this town. December 18, the town was called to the 
responsible duty, for the tirst time, of electing a President 
and Vice President of these United States, and Represen- 
tative to Congress, under the New Constitution. For 
Electors the Hon. Samuel Thompson had 43 votes ; and 
William Widgery had 42 votes. Hon. George Thatcher 
received 61 votes for Representative and was elected. 

1789. The petition is again renewed to have Wiscasset 
made a shire town for the County. In 1799 the Legisla- 
ture passed the act for this purpose. 1790, assistance being 
asked for the support of old Mr. Robert Hodge, the town 
agrees with Mr. Jacol) Rowell to " keep him comfortable, 
with meat, drink, washing and lodging," for one year, from 
date. May 4, for 5s per week ; and that he will take his cow 
at £3, in part pay for his keeping. Voted to appraise all 
his articles of furniture except bed and bedding, and deliver 
them to said Rowell, taking proper security to have them 
delivered at the end of the' year in as good order, as when 
he received them. 1790, the votes for a Federal Repre- 



'222 TOWN CENSUS AND VALUATION. 

sentative were, for William Litbgow, 57 ; for George 
Thatcher, 14. The town was indicted by the Grand Jury 
and summoned to answer to the Court of Sessions, to be 
held at Waldoboro' September 13, for not being provided 
with a town school. Samuel Nickels was the Agent for 
the town. The prosecution appears to have had a salutary 
influence ; for at the meeting in September, when they chose 
an Agent to defend and settle the action, thirty pounds 
were raised for the support of a school. And this was 
followed by appropriations in every subsequent year, for 
that object. 

The following note will be considered strictly private 
according to the Author's wishes, and is not to be spoken 
of to any one. 1 know not to whom it was addressed, 
whether Clergyman or Justice ; that part of the paper 
being gone to whom it was written ; but it is presumed, as 
in all similar cases, he was prompt to the time and place, 
and that he was faithful to keep the secret. 

" PowNALBORo', Oct. 23, 1790. 

" Sir : — I should be happy to wait upon you to-mon'ow 
morning at your house, to solemnize a marriage &c. I 
wish you the marriage to be kept a secret at present ; please 
to let no one know your business, and you will greatly 
oblige your Humble Servant, 

(Signed) Thomas Fairseevice. " 

N. B. It is very important that marriages should be 
kept secret, sometimes. 

May 4, the town accepted of a road previously laid out, 
from the Sheepscot and Damariscotta road by Alexander 
Nickels and John Nickels to David Soames' or Freshwater 
Cove. This is the road that runs down from Wright's tan- 
yard to the Soames neighborhood. 

1792, April 2. Road shut up that leads from County 
road, near William Kennedy's through Cargill's land to 
salt Avater ; the town reserving the right of opening it again, 
l)y giving two month's previous notice. 

November 2, voted to open a road from David Soames' 
to Job Day's. Accepted April 1, 1793. 



TOWN CENSUS AND VALUATION. '22M 

1793, September 12. The town ruised a coininitteo of 
three, James Little, John Catland and Christopher Hopkins, 
to superintend the building of one half of the bridge over 
" Damariscotta Mills Stream." The}' may let out the work 
by the job ; but it must be done in a workmanlike manner, 
and be finished with rails on each side. The work, how- 
ever, appears not to have been done, at that time ; for the 
town was complained of the next year for the bad condi- 
tion of the bridge and were cited to appear, to answer to 
the complaint before the Supreme Judicial Court, to be 
holden at Hallo well, in and for the County of Lincoln, at 
the July term. At the same time the bridge, over Nickels' 
Mill Stream, was complained of because it had no railing. 
Moses Carleton was chosen Agent for the town. The 
result was, the town paid the cost of Court, and put the 
bridges in passable repair. 

On the 22d of June of this year, 1793, the following " Act 
for incorporating certain persons, for the purpose of build- 
ing a bridge over Sheepscot River, in the County of Lincoln, 
and for supporting the same," was passed by the General 
Court of Massachusetts. 

" Whereas, the erecting a bridge over Sheepscot River, 
above the Falls, at Averill's Ferry, between the towns of 
Pownalboro' and Newcastle in the County of Lincoln, will 
be of great public convenience ; and whereas David Silves- 
ter, Esq., and others have presented a petition to this 
Court, praying that they, and such as may associate with 
them, may be incorporated, for the purpose of building the 
same, with power to collect reasonable tolls for their com- 
pensation : 

Sec. 1. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and 
House of Representatives, in General Court Asseml)led, 
and by the authority of the same, that the said David 
Silvester, John Page and Timothy Parsons, with such other 
person, as may hereafter associate with them, for that pur- 
pose, be and they hereby are made a Corporation and Body 



224 TOWN CENSUS AND VALUATION. 

Politic, for the jiurpose aforesaid, by the name of The Pro- 
prietors of Sheepscot Eiver Bridge, and by that name may 
sue and be sued to tinal judgment and execution, and do and 
suiifer all matters, acts and things which bodys politic may or 
ought to do or suiFer ; and the said Corporation, shall, and 
may have and use, a common seal, and the same may break 
and alter at pleasure. 

Sec. 2, Provides for the calling of a meeting of the 
Proprietors for the purpose of organization, choosing a 
clerk, &c., «tc. 

Sec. 3. Provides for the building of a draw and wharf, 
and that the Avharf shall be used b}', and the draw opened 
for the use of vessels, whenever they shall wish to pass it, 
" during daylight of each day," without expense to the 
owners of such vessels. 

Sec. 4. Provides for the rate of toll, and the said toll 
shall commence on the day of the first opening of the said 
bridge for passengers, and shall continue for the term of 
sevent}- years from said day. 

Sec. 5. Provides "That the said bridge shall be well built 
with suitable materials at least twenty-fofir feet wide, and 
well covered with planks, with sufficient rails on each side, 
and boarded up eighteen inches high from the floor of said 
bridge, for the safetj^ of passengers traveling thereon ; and 
the same shall be kept in good, safe and passable repair at 
all times ; and at the expiration of the term hereby granted 
to the Proprietors of in such bridge^ the same bridge shall 
be delivered up to the Commonwealth, in good and passa- 
ble repair," 

1794. The following taiift' for highway work, was 
established by the town, at their March meeting, viz : 4s. 
per day for a man ; 2s. for a yoke of oxen. Is. 6d, for a 
rart ; 8s. for a plough. 

The town Avas petitioned, and granted leave, to build a 
bridge over Damariscotta Piver at the Lower Falls, as the 
General Court " shall think tit to direct, " The town voted 



TOWN CENSUS AND VALUATION. 225 

that the pall cloth be kept at David Murray's, and that it 
may be lent to any person " freely without cost. " John 
Farley was appointed Agent for the town to provide a 
standard for weights and measures. He is also appointed 
Agent, to sell the land at the head of Damariscotta Pond, 
and to give a quit claim deed for the same. The town is 
prosecuted for not having the gospel statedly preached 
among them, A nd Nathaniel Bryant is chosen to defend 
the action. Rev. Mr. Williams was shortly after invited to 
preach among them, on probation, for settlement. James 
Brown brings an action against the towm, for not supporting 
his mother, a pauper. The damage is laid at £136 " odd. " 
Jonathan Jones was appointed Agent to attend to the case. 
In the mean time, the town agreed to give James Brown 
£7, 10s. for keeping his mother, Jane Brown, one jeixr 
from date, October 6. The stipulation was, that he should 
keep her "comfortable with meat, drink, washing and lodg- 
ing." On the next 3"ear, April 4, the town agrees to give 
James Brown $25.00, together with the use of his mother's 
third of the farm, for keeping Jane Brown one year from 
that time. An effort was made to send a Delegate to the 
Convention at Portland to take into consideration the mat- 
ter of separation from Massachusetts ; but the town refused 
to do anything about it. Jonathan Jones was authorized 
as Agent, to sell the town Landing where Abel Cressy lives, 
and the road leading to it, at private sale. A vote was 
passed October 6, that the Selectmen be empowered to get 
the town surveyed and planned according to a resolve of 
the General Court. In choosing a Federal Eepresentative, 
Hon. Henry Dearborn had 53, and Jonathan Bowman had 
18 votes. 

June 25, Pownalboro' is made to disappear from the 
Records, and from the map of the District. Formerly it 
embraced three Parishes, the North, the South and the "West. 
In 1802 the South Parish, or Precinct, was incorporated as 
the town of Wiscasset, and in 1794, June 25, the West is 



226 TOWN CENSUS AND VALUATION. 

incorporated as the town of Dresden, and the North as the 
town of New Milford. In the West Parish was a Court 
House and a Meeting house. Prior to the Ilevohi- 
tion, Rev. Jacob Bailey an Episcopalian and a rank 
Tory, who hated the Piepublicans as bad as he did the 
Pilgrims, was settled here and received a part of his 
pay from the Plymouth Proprietors. His politics pre- 
vented his sta;f there, during the war. The Episcopa- 
lians, at that period, favored the cause of the King. A 
prejudice was raised against them, on this account, and 
this is the reason why their growth was so slow in the 
District and State of Maine, for two-thirds of a century' 
afterwards.* The Parish afterwards became Congrega- 
tional under the labors of Rev. Freeman Parker, who was 
settled here in 1797. " 

New Milford the third Parish of Pownalboro' was incor- 
porated the same time as Dresden. This town embraced a 
small portion of the old Sheepscot settlement. Several 
families were scattered up and down where Charles 
Leighton, Charles Fairservice, Eben Averill and Francis 
Fairservice now reside ; and when in the next century 
Newcastle began to be settled, population extended itself 
over into x4!lna, and came up from Wiscasset, so that, previ- 
ous to the Revolution, an active, thriving community was 
found about the bend of the river, and at the Head of the 
Tide. Roads began to be cut in diifereiit directions ; clear- 
ings were made ; Nelson's Mills were built ; a fertile country 
was found there ; and, at the proper season, immense 
numbers of shad, salmon and alewives were taken, and tin- 
river below afforded a good supply of oysters. 

This was the ninety-second town that was organized in 
the District of Maine. In 1796, a clnirch was organized 
and Rev. Jonathan AVard settled by the town. He was of 
the Calvinistic faith and his ministry was fruitfid of corres- 
ponding results, Mr. Ward was settled as a Congrega- 



Hon. Judge Groten. 



TOWN CENSUS AND VALUATION. 227 

tionalist over a Congregational Church. His ministry con- 
tiniaed until 1817, when he was dismissed at his own 
Hiquest, and removed to Plymouth, N. H. His successor 
was Rev. Samuel Johnson, who was settled in November 
25, 1818. 

During the time of the American Revolution, the subject 
was agitated of forming a new town out of the North 
Parish in Pow^nalboro', and that portion of the town of 
Newcastle which lay to the North of the Sheepscot river, 
and to the Westward of a line drawn from the " Bend " in 
Sheepscot river, to the North limits of the town. And the 
principal reason assigned, was, that that portion of the inhab- 
itants might enjoy better religious privileges. According^ 
an article was inserted in the Warrant calling a meeting of 
the town for April 29, 1778. "To see if the town will 
receive and grant a request from a number of freeholders 
living at the Northwesternmost part of this town, they 
having a prospect of joining the North Parish in Pownalboro' 
which will be much more convenient for them to attend 
public worship." This request the town denied. 

On the second of July following, a similar request was 
presented by the inhabitants at the " Head of the Tide," 
so called, with similar results. 

These people then re(juested the town to relieve them 
from " paying, a Minister rate" in Newcastle, that they 
might join the North Parish in Powaialboro' and be 
assessed there. But in Town Meeting, January 20, 1779, 
they voted " not to take any notice of the request given in 
by the inhabitants in the Northwest part of this town." 

The subject appears to have slumbered for the next ten 
years ; and in the Warrant calling a meeting of the town 
to be held on the 18th of December, 1788, an Article was 
inserted, to see if the town will exempt all the inhabitants 
that live to the North and West of Mr. Samuel Simpson's 
South or Southeast line, from "paying any rates" for build- 
ing a Meeting house or Meeting houses, and from paying 



228 TOWN CENSUS AND VALUATION. 

any Ministerial tax in said town forever ; or whether the 
town will excuse any of the inhabitants from paying such 
taxes. This request the town granted ; and it excused all 
the inhabitants that lived to the West of the high lands 
that range up Northeasterly on the center of Dyer's Neck. 
The people then were at liberty to join the first Parish in 
Pownalboro'. 

This was only the entering wedge to something further ; 
for in April 5, 1790, the town was again asked to vote, to 
see if they would set off the inhabitants to the North of 
the great Bend in Sheepscot river that they might be incor- 
porated into a town with the North Parish in Pownalboro. 
This they denied. 

On the 8th of September, of the next year, 1791, the.se 
inhabitants again petitioned the town to be set off to a 
new town, if the General Court should so direct, only to be 
denied. 

But to quiet these people, and to retain them, if possible, 
in town, the town, in meeting assembled, on the 7th of 
May, 1792, resolved to have preaching for that year in two 
places ; — at the new Meeting house in the center of the 
town, and at the Head of the Tide, at such place as the 
inhabitants there residing, shall appoint. And the inhab- 
itants at the Head of the Tide should have preaching in 
proportion to the amount of taxes that they would raise. 
They also promised that the families of Mr. Jesse Cooper 
who lived on the center of Dyer's Neck, and of Capt. 
David Murray who lived where the late Col. Robt. Murray 
resided, and all to the North and West of them, should be 
reckoned with them. It was with the same end in view 
that the town on the 6th of October, 1794, voted to build a 
Meeting house on the "first high hill' to the Westward 
of the dwelling of William Waters, on the North side of 
the town road. This was "to accommodate the inhab- 
itants living at the Northwest quarter of this town." The 
spot chosen was near where Mr. Cyrus Rundlett now lives ; 



TOWN CENSUS AND V.\iUATlON. 2"2l> 

and the town went so far as to appoint a committee of iivo 
individuals to cany on the building of the house. They 
had power given them to agree on the diuiensions of the 
house, draw a plan of it, sell the pews and pay the 
expense of building. But the house never was built. 
These people, wearied with a fifteen years' suit at Head 
Quarters for justice and accommodation, applied to the 
General Court for relief ; and not in vain. They granted 
their request ; and sent a Citation to the town of New- 
castle to send an Agent to General Court to show cause 
why the prayer of the petitioners should not be granted. 
And on the 3d of November 1794, the town held a meet- 
ing, and chose Jonathan Jones as Agent. But the Ag.^ii. 
had no infiueuce in opposing. The thing was so manifestly 
just and proper in itself, that it was accomplished at once, 
when properly referred to the chief Tribunal of the State. 
The Act for incorporating the Town of New Milford, was 
passed June 25, 1794. And the Act setting off a part of 
Newcastle to New Milford, was passed Feb. 18, 1795. 

And on the 7th of Januarj-, 179G, the committees of the 
two towns who had been previousl}- appointed for that pur- 
pose, met to settle accounts. They agreed that the town 
of New Milford should pay to Newcastle the sum of $100, 
in four annual installments, in consideration of "the said 
Newcastle maintaining their own poor in future." New Mil- 
ford should also pay their County tax for the last year. Thus 
ended the long and tedious controversy, and Northwest N(!w- 
castle was reluctantly diminished, though there was enough 
left of her to make a prosperous, an influential and * wealthy 
town. A later day, however, showed another instance of 
Secession, as we shall show anon. In both instances, how- 
ever, the thing was done in a perfectly "constitutional" 
way ; and wdien the controversies were ended, all the towns 
interested in them, moved on with a new life and to a des- 
tiny more glorious than before. 

179G. In March, the town instructs the Treasurer tt) 



'2'AO TOWN CENSUS AND VALUATION, 

provide wliat ])owclcr tlie law requires.- May 5. The 
Seleetiiieu are authorized to petition General Court, for 
liberty to build a bridge over Dyer's river, where Erskine's 
Mill now is. The prayer of the petitioners was gi*anted ; 
and on the 15th of September, the town voted to build 
a bridge over Dyer's river, on the upper side of the old 
one. It was to be 20 feet wide, and covered with square 
timber or three inch plank ;— to be of proper height, not 
less than two feet higher than the old biidge ; and to have 
proper pieces of timber laid on each side of the bridge, in 
the room of rails ; and the whole to be linished in a work- 
manlike manner. 

William Waters who lived near, agi-eed to build the 
bridge iii the manner described, for one hundred dollars ; 
and to the acceptance of the Selectmen in three months 
from that date. 

The town voted to accept $14 for trespass committed on 
the Ministerial lot by Samuel Follansbee. The Selectmen 
were directed to put up guide posts, wherever needed, 
according to law. This is the first attempt of the kind in 
town, and was designed to be a perpetual custom. 

Oct. 10. Nineteen votes were cast for Brigadier 
Haruden for Elector for President and Vice President of 
these United States. For Representative to Congress, 
Hon. Henry Dearbon had 16 votes, and Hon. Jonathan 
J3owman 2 votes. 

In the year 1795, Feb. 11th, there was an Act passed th<> 
Legislature of Massachusetts ; Entitled "An act incor- 
porating certain persons for erecting a Bridge over Damar- 
iscotta River, in the County of Lincoln." The next year, 
1796, Feb. 13th, another act was passed, in addition to 
the above recited Act, and relating to the same thing. On 
the 10th of March, 1797, an Act was passed incorporating 
the Damariscotta Bridge Company and repealing all former 
Acts, relating to this matter. 

The 2d Section of this Act provides "That John Farley, 



TOW>! CENSUS AND VALUATION. "iol 

Waterman Thomas, William McCobb, James Cavanuausfh 
unci Matthew Cottrill, together with those who maj hei-e- 
^'ifter associate with them, aud their or any of their heirs 
<ind assigns, be aud they hereby are constituted a Corpo- 
ration and Body Politic, for the pui'pose of erecting a 
bridge over Damariscotta River, near the falls at the head 
<vf navigation of said river." 

Section 3d enacts, "That for reimbursing the said John 
Farley and others before named, their heirs and assigns, 
the money which may be expended in building and sup- 
])orting said bridge, a toll be and hereby is granted and 
estabhshed for the sole benefit of the said John Farley, 
and others before named, their associates, heirs and 
assigns, for the space of seventy j'ears, to commence from 
the day of opening said bridge for passengers, according 
to the rates following; (rates omitted.) Provided howev€n- 
That the General Court shall have the right to regulate the 
toll after tb.e term of twenty j^ears from its commencement." 

In 1843, forty-six years after the building of the Bridge, 
the toll was reduced. 

Damariscotta Pond was formerly the receptacle of 
immense numbers of fish, sucJi as alewives, salmon and 
shad which used to go up the stream aud sluice ways 
which nature formed there aud spawn in the deej) and 
commodious water above. But after the mills and dam 
were erected at the falls, their passage up Avas entirely 
closed ; and the vast schools were broken up. But the 
elder Mr. Kavanagh, after he had come into possession of 
that property, one day in May, observing alewives in the 
stream below, had them taken in nets and transported to 
the pond above. He then directed his men to build a 
passage for them, so that they might ascend and descend 
at their pleasure. They did so ; and the consequence has 
been, a su]>ply of fish in the stream ever since. The 
inhabitants then petitioned the Legislature to pass an Act, 
jn'otecting the fish. 



'232 TOWN CENSUS AND VALUATION, 

April 4. The town voted to lay out a road from Alex- 
ander Nickels' to the old town road, near Ebenezer Clarke's. 
Also from town road near Dr. Myrick's to Turnbull's 
Ferry ; Daraariscotta Bridge. The first of these roads 
was accepted May 5, 1796. 

1797. The Selectmen were empowered to employ Dr. 
]3ush "to try to cure Polley Laiten, and to go as far as 
twenty-five dollars." But the Doctor Avas unsuccessful. 
Polley Laiten was not cured. The town is indicted before 
tiie Grand Jury for not being provided Avith a "town stock 
of powder, balls, flints and kettles." The Court met at 
Waldoboro and John Farle}* was Agent. The matter was 
settled. 

John Farley had fifty-one votes and Nathaniel Thwing 
tour votes for County Treasurer. 

1797, May lO. Mary L , "considered as one of the 

l)oor of the town," is set up at "vendue to them or him 
that will take her at the lowest sum per week," during the 
ensuing year. Ebenezer Clarke bids her off, at 5s. 3d. per 
week, but he engages to make "her life comfortable." 

Oct. 4. Daniel Waters is chosen a Delegate to repre- 
sent Newcastle in a Convention, to be held at Hallo well, 
on the fourth Tuesday of October, to take into consideration 
the expediency of dividing the County of Lincoln into two 
Counties and where the dividing line shall be. The Act 
became a law, Feb. 20, 1799. 

April 2. The subject of the road from near the Meeting 
house to David Somes' barn, being again introduced into 
town meeting, a committee of three was appointed to pro- 
ceed and lay it out, as other surveys had proved unsatis- 
factory. Nov. 5. The road from Damariscotta Toll Bridge 
to the town road, is again up in town meeting ; and a com- 
mittee is appointed. The road was finally accepted Sept. 
24, 1799. 

1799. John Taylor agi-ees to support Mary Laiten, this 
year for two shillings, eleven pence per week. Collection 



TOWN CENSUS AND VALUATION. 238 

Districts were established at Bath, Wiscasset, Wakloboro, 
and seven other places in Maine. April 1. Town voted 
to lay out a road from Damariscotta Pond to the Salt 
water below. James Kavanagh gave the land. This effort 
proved successful ; previous ones had failed. A landing 
place was also secured. Accepted Sept. 24. 

1800, April 7. The town is asked, but refuses, to peti- 
tion the General Court for liberty to build a bridge across 
Dyer's river, at or near the point on Dj^er's Neck. May 
10. The town is again desired to take action for building 
a bridge at the same place, but they decline for the 
present. June 3. Philip Marce, wife and children, 
laboier of Dresden ; Moses Craig, laborer, wife and chil- 
dren, of Pownalboro ; and Charles Eundlett, shipwright of 
Powmalboro, with his Avife and children, are ordered to 
leave the town in fifteen days ; thej' not having obtained 
the town's consent to live in it. 

The Selectmen were directed to "go round to the people's 
houses" to take the valuation. Prices allowed by the town 
on the highway — $1.00 per day for a man ; fifty cents for a 
yoke of oxen ; fifty cents for a plough ; twelve cents for a 
cart. 

Job Averill, one of the first settlers in Alna, lived where 
Eben Averill now' resides. The mountain above his house 
was called " Job's mountain " from him. He owmed from 
the Falls to Alna Meeting house, and settled his children 
at several points, up and down, on this tract. A Garrison 
was erected there for the use of the inhabitants. 

Great disputes, in subsequent years, arose about titles, 
and proprietors frequently disturbed and distressed the 
settlers. Sometimes the settlers yielded to their demands 
by paying them ; and, at other times, the claimants were 
resisted and roughly handled, by the occupants. 

In 1800 one Truman* an agent for the proprietors, who 



*Mr8. Wood bridge and others. 



'234 TOWN CENSUS AND VALUATION. 

had made himself obnoxious to the settlers, was riding 
along, when live men disguised by a black liquid on the 
face, caught him, stripped him, whipped him with a thorn- 
bush and then, it is said, cut off his ears and let him go. 
In his nearly naked condition, he ran down to Mr. Moses 
Weymouth's who resided where Gen. Weymouth now does, 
and entered the house for safety. Mr. and Mrs. Weymouth 
were gone from home, and there was no one in the house 
but Hannah Averill, a daughter of Job, a maiden lad}-, and 
sister of Mrs. Weymouth. Taking fright at the strange 
and bloody sight she instantly tied, without paying any 
attention to the wants and woes of the wounded and the 
lame. Trueman helped himself to some clothes, and then 
started for Wiscasset. The perpetrators were afterwarxls 
prosecuted with indifferent success. One of tbem went to 
sea but never returned. 

Job Averill was once taken and carried to Canada by 
the Indians. 

1801. April 6. An unsuccessful attempt was made to 
induce the town to build a porch to the Meeting house. 
Ephriam Taylor bids off Polly Laiten for twenty-five cents 
a week. For Representative to Congress, Orchard Cook 
had thirteen votes and Dummer Sewall five. 

There is no subject perhaps that occasions more interest, 
awakens deeper feeling, or elicits warmer debate in a town, 
than that of roads. It would be a matter of interest to 
write the history of one road, taken from its inception, and 
carried through all the various stages of individual and 
town action, till the last furrow of the plough upon it is 
turned, the last shovel full of dirt is thrown, and the sur- 
veyor pronounces it " done. " Men go about as if the 
weight of a kingdom was resting upon their shoulders, they 
debate as for their lives — and they contend as though all 
the powers of Eebeldom, were arrayed against them. 
For a few feet of land, men could scarcely struggle harder 
if they were in the seas and were lustily calling for help. 



TOWN CENSUS AND VALUATION. 235 

They speak and they reply ; get excited and get calm ; 
speak and get excited again ; and again reply and become 
calm ; till honrs are consumed, months have come and 
gone, and years have glided away. 

Instead of coming together and calmly consulting and 
considering what the public good requires, the moment the 
subject of a new road is named or the alteration of an 
old one, opposition is sure to be raised somewhere. 
Either one man will lose a few feet of land, or some of his 
wood must be cut down, or the travel will be taken from 
his front door, or his neighbor, whom he does not like very 
well, is going to be benefitted by it, or, he is not going to 
have damages enough, or somebody else is likely to 
have more damages than he thinks the town able to pay, 
or, it is going "right straight" through his mowing land 
or wood lot ; or, but reasons multiply and I stop them— he 
is opposed, mightily opposed, opposed all through and con- 
tinually opposed to the measure. He wakens up opposi- 
tion and oftentimes succeeds in defeating important enter- 
prises, or delaying good ones. 

Thus it was with that road Avhich extended from Damar- 
iscotta Pond to the Woodbridge neiglil)orhood. At one 
time we thought it settled ; but it appears it was not. For 
some reasons, all previous proceedings witli regard to this 
matter, are thrown up and the town this year, saw fit to 
appoint a committee to run out a road between these two 
points. It was done, and on September 21, it Mas accepted ; 
but on the 28th of Noveiiil)er 1804, it Avas discontinued 
because Benjamin Woodbridge, one of the land owners, 
through whose land the road ran, thought he did not get a 
sufiicient amount of damage for his loss. The road, from 
near Dr. ]Myrick"s to Trumbull's ferry, was a long time 
agitated before it was finally settled. The history of the 
road, from the county road up the West side of A'aughan's 
Pond, would be a curious one, could it be written out, and 
all the facts of the case made known, and .so would that 



286 TOWN CENSUS AND VALUATION. 

running down, from near the Town house to Edgcomb line. 
Towns and individuals oftentimes act very much against 
their own interests, in opposing the construction of new 
roads or altering old ones, when the public good demands 
that it be done. In August 1806, the Court of Sessions 
ordered the laying out of a new road from Dr. Myriek's to 
the Meeting house. The town remonstrated, called a 
meeting, and chose an Agent, Kobert Robinson, with power 
of Attorney, to appear before the Court of Sessions, to 
oppose the road Avhicli has been laid out. At the same 
time they ordered that a surveyor and chainmen, inhabi- 
tants of the town, be procured and authorized to lay out a 
road from the Meeting house to Damariscotta Toll Bridge, 
and from there to the guidepost in Nobleboro' near William 
Teague's ; and from this point back to the County Road by 
Damariscotta Mills to the Meeting house, and also to 
measure the road from the Meeting house to Dr. Myriek's. 
The consequence was, no road was built there, and the 
travelling public went up and down the hard hill at Royall 
Wrights and to and from Damariscotta, by the way of the 
old Academy, near Mr. Elias Bailey's for many years after- 
wards. 

1802. The town was asked, but refused, April 5, to give 
any money for building an Academy. November 1. They 
were asked, but refused to give the acre of land where the 
old Meeting house stood for a lot for the Academy. Previ- 
ous to this. May 6, 1795, Major John Farley and Colonel 
Geo. Barstow offered for this acre of land, another acre, else- 
where for a burial ground ; but the town did not see fit to 
accept the offer. May 10, the town voted Ezekiel Laiten, 
Samuel Kennedy and Andrew Peters a Committee, to lay 
out a road from James Cooper's line to the South point on 
Dyer's Neck ; and from the river on the South side, to the 
town road. James Carney gave the l;ind on the South 
side, on condition that the bridge which was to be built, 
should be free. And Thomas Fairservice gave the land on 



TO"\VN CENSUS AND VALUATION. 227 

the North side, by accepting the old road whicli in former 
vears had been laid out between these two points. This 
road w^as laid out two rods wide. Town gave consent to 
Jt)hn linndlet and othei-s, to build a bridge across Dyer's 
river, at this place, provided they obtain a grant for the 
same, from the General Court. Orchard Cook had 50 ; 
Mark L. Hill, 21 ; Martin Hiidiley, 7 ; and Phineas Bruce, 
(i votes for Representative to Congress. 

liespecting the iincured patient some may think it trilling 
in a grave history like this, to notice a matter of this kind. 
But to one unacquainted, it would hardly seem possible 
for so much interest to arise in a town as there often is, 
about a single pauper case. Oftentimes it will elicit an 
eloquent debate for an hour or moi^, be carried through 
successive town Meetings, and engage the attention of the 
neighborhood, perhaps of the entire town. To the pauper 
himself it is a moment of indescribable anxiety and doubt 
as to what is to become of him. Oftentimes such cases 
are cairied into Court. The learned Judge sits on the 
Bench with the Ermine of authority upon his shoulders 
the Agent of the town is present — able counsel appear 
both for and against the prosecutor twelve men sit upon 
one side of the Court Room and watch every statement — 
consider every fact — listen with all the patience they can 
to all the turnings and twistings and ingenious arguments 
of skilled lawyers, who hate more than they do the presence 
of the Angel of Death, to lose a case ; interested spectators 
stand gazing around, offering opinions without any charge, 
and giving decisions Avithout any salar}-; the Judge rehearses 
the case, reads off the law ; the man with a staff about 
six feet long painted red on one end, conducts the jury 
out, they deliberate, they discuss, they vote, seal up their 
verdict, report, and the case is decided; that is, if eveiy- 
i)ody is satisfied and no one appears to file objections. 

Rough as it raaj' appear, severe as it may seem, the 
action of towns with regard to paupers is humane. No 



238 TOWN CENSUS AND VALUATION. 

such things appear in Savagedom, and it is a rehef from a 
vast amount of misery and pain. Oftentimes the condition 
of paupers is superior to others in town ; and every man, 
woman and child knows, if misfortune befall him and he 
is deprived of his property, if friends forsake him, and 
lameness, or broken limbs, or sickness visits him, there 
is the great heart of the Christian community to feel for 
him, the strong hand of the town is his protector, the Town 
Treasury his bank, and he is sure to live having his 
expenses paid, and without incuning debts to himself, 

I have been profoundly impressed with these thoughts, as 
I have turned over the pages of the Ancient Town Eecords, 
and read their legislation with regard to such as were so 
unfortunate as to become the subjects of town charity. 
And yet, it is not charity. If an individual has owned 
property in town, paid taxes, or if he has not, but has 
demeaned himself as a good citizen and has become so 
unfortunate as to be without the means of support, then the 
town ought to take him, take care of him, pay his bills 
those of the physician among the rest, and if he dies, give 
him a civilized burial in a Christian Cemetery. It may be, 
that he is one of the Lord's elect ; and that on that Glori- 
ous Morning when the Grave shall be bidden to release its 
tenant, he will arise first among the Just, and shall be a 
Prince around the Throne of the Highest ! God watches 
his dust ; he will bid it rise ; it will be humanity re-clothed, 
raised again, prepared for a life that shall have no ending, 
and a duration that shall experience no pain. 

Amusing as some of their acts were, and quaint as is their 
style of Record, yet beneath it all, theirs is Christianit}-, 
Justice, Benevolence, Humanity, Bight. You dread the 
idea of becoming a pauper, there are ideas and conditions 
far more terrible than this. Sooner, far sooner would I 
become a town charge than to be taken by savage hands, 
and carried captive into the wilderness, as thousands of 
my countrymen have been, during those fierce wars' whicli 



TOWN CENSUS AND VALUATION. 239 

my Book has faintly delineated, where life is a Inirdcn, and 
existence is only a synonym of degradation, misery, want, 
torture, ultimately death. 

Of tlie two lots, if one or the other must be m}- condi- 
tion, sooner, far sooner would I throw myself into the arms 
of my fellow eitizons to be cared for by them, than to be 
subject to the cruelty and meanness and starvation and 
lingering deaths which thousands of my fellow countrymen, 
l)rave men fighting under and for, the flag of my Country, 
who have been so unfortunate as to be taken prisoners of 
war, by those lordly men, who have been educated to whip 
negroes, sell children, and to pay the heaviest prices for 
humanity when it appears in the female form, and is 
graced with the charms and attractions of youth, accom- 
plishments and beauty. I would not be a pauper, n^iither 
would I be a slave ; and yet, I would be a pauper, far 
sooner than 1 would be a slave. Reason as we may, think 
as we please, subjection to irresponsible authority is a con- 
dition in life that strikes the mind with horror and in 
thousand of instances, has ended in desperation, mad- 
ness, suicide, death ! God be praised for the prospect 
of freedom in this, my native land. Come Thou immortal 
King, break the rod of the oppressor ; reign thyself in the 
hearts of the nations ; hasten the time when every man 
shall hail every other man, not as an enemy, but as a fel- 
low creature, a friend, a brother ! It has been done since 
the above was written. 

July 29. An attempt was made to get the town to 
employ Dr. Marius Howe of Walpole, to cure Polly Laiten. 
and the town, voted " to try to employ a doctor to cure 
Polly Laiten, by the great : viz., if he did not make a cure 
of her disorder, to have nothing." It was a safe operation 
for the town and the Selectmen were appointed a commit- 
tee to attend to the matter. 

1803. The bridge had been built across Dyer's river, 
and the Proprietors asked for some compensation from the 



240 TOWN CENSUS AND VALUATION. 

town, for what they had doue. The town however refused 
to make them any consideration ; beheving, and justly so, 
that the personal benefit to each one of them, would more 
than meet any outlay of expense to which they might have 
been subjected in erecting it. 

1804, Hugh Holmes came to this place early in the set- 
tlement of the country and married the widow of Solomon 
Hopkins who purchased Lot No. 12 of Christopher Tap- 
pan, and resided there till his death. Holmes was a busy, 
bustling kind of a man, with more energy than prudence, 
and more zeal than discretion. He was constable at times 
and a prominent actor in the town affairs. At one time, 
he took up a breachy horse that belonged to James Clarke 
who lived on Lot No. 5, Great Neck. He put a wythe 
around his neck, and the horse died on his hands. Clarke 
sued him. Holmes stood him trial and beat him. It was 
carried through several Courts, and Clarke finally got the 
case on this gr-ound. He proved, that the horse had been 
driven beyond his strength, the day before he died, and 
the Jury brought in their verdict, that this was the cause 
of his death, and gave the case to Clarke. Holmes lived 
Easterly a short distance from the late Robert Lennox's, 
The lawsuit cost Clarke more than his horse was worth ; 
and it cost Holmes his farm, worth, at that time, $1,500, 
Samuel Kenned}^ who lived on the Neck, Lot No. 3, became 
surety for him, and let him have money to carr}^ on his 
lawsuit ; and as Holmes could not raise the money to pay 
the cost of Courts, Kennedy took his farm.* Alfred 
Wilson and others lived on the Westerlj^ end of it, and Capt. 
Robert Kennedy, when a young man, bought the woodland, 
40 acres, for $625. He paid for it in silver dollars. Other 
kinds of currency were not satisfactory. After taking off 
$5,000 worth of lumber at different times, Capt. Kennedy, 
in 1863, sold this lot of. land for $5,000 ; and the purchaser 



* Capt. John Holmes. 



TOWN CENSUS AND V.\LUATION. 2'il 

lias made a handsome thing out of it. This shows us the 
great advance ill the price of real estate, particular!}' wood- 
land, within a few past years. 

May 7. The town voted a bounty of 8 cents per head 
for crows that should be killed. So far as appears, this is 
the first movement of the kind, the toAVU ever made. 

1805. The town this year, I believe, for the first time in 
50 years, dismissed the Article in the Warrant, relating to 
rams. June 2d. Road was accepted from near the Meet- 
ing house to Edgcomb line. Dec. 31. Ebeuezer Clark is 
chosen Grand Juror to the Court of Common Pleas. 
Samuel Cargill and Washington Dodge are chosen Petit 
Jurors. 

1806. April 7. Road ordered to he laid out from Wm. 
Leman's to town line. Accepted Maj- 8, 180G. The town 
remonstrates against a petition of the town of Nobleboro, 
securing to them the whole benefit of the ale wive fisher3\ 

1807. Chose a committee to look out a road from Sheep- 
scot Toll Bridge to Damariscotta Toll Bridge ; also from 
Sheepscot Toll Bridge to Damariscotta Mills Bridge. 
The town added sixty-six dollars, sixtj'-seven cents to the 
salary of Rev. Kiah Bailey. 

Some curious things sometimes happen in the man.ige- 
ment of our pubhc affairs. Major Moses Carleton, in con- 
versation with Ebenezor D. Robinson, Esq., stated, that 

the year when Mr Hopkins was Selectman, none of 

the Board knew how to assess taxes, according to the val- 
uation. So they divided the whole tax into as many 
parcels, as there Avere tax payers in town. Then, one of 
the number turned his back, and another touching a i^ar- 
cel, asked ; "Who shall pay this?" The first, with his back 
turned, mentioned an individual, and the tax Avas .set 
against his name. And so the w.ork proceeded, till the 
whole tax had been disposed of, in this perfectly original 
wa}'. And the Major ventured the opinion, that the taxes 
since have ncAcr Ijeen more equally assessed or given 
better satisfaction. 



242 TOWN AFFAIRS. 



CHAPTEK XXXI. 



TOWN AFFAIKS— VAEIOUS MATTERS. 

In 1809 a sluiceway for the fish was built at Damaris- 
cotta Mills, the town of Nobleboro paying one-half the 
expense, the whole costing $438. No fish was taken that 
year. During that time, a road w^as laid out from John 
Dodge's Eastward to the town road. And during that year 
it was voted to lay out a road from Sheepscot Bridge to 
Damariscotta Bridge. In 1811 the town agreed to pay 25 
cents cash for every crow that was killed. In 1812 it was 
voted that the Selectmen be a committee to open a road 
from Robert Kobinson's to Benjamin Jones ; and in 1813 
an Agent was chosen to superintend the new County road. 
$1,200 was raised for that purpose. 

May 7, 1814. A vote was taken to choose a committee 
for the purpose of examining the Protestant Methodist 
Society of Newcastle and Alna in respect to their estab- 
lishment, and do anything they may think proper in 
regard of said Society being incorporated. Stephen Coffin, 
Charles Nickels and Henry Hazelton were that committee. 
And in 1815 a road was laid out from Robert Robinson's 
to James Kavanagh's, and the work was completed and 
accepted the following year. In 1816 the Selectmen were 
appointed a committee to lay out a road on Dyer's Neck. 

During this year a meeting was called to see if the town 
will vote to request the Legislature to give its consent to 
the separation of the District of Maine from Massachu- 
setts proper, and to the erection of the District into a sep- 
arate State. Mav 20th the vote was taken and resulted as 



TOWN AFFAIRS. 243 

follows : — 21 in favor and 52 against separation. And on 
the 2d of September following another vote was taken 
when 22 votes were counted in favor and (57 against the 
measure. The opposition had increased in numbers. 

Jan. 9, 1816. "This day," says the surveyor, "I run the 
line between Edgcomb and Newcastle b}^ order of the 
Selectmen of Newcastle. Beginning at a stump on Sheep- 
scot river at the Head of Wiscasset Bay, so called, thence 
running South thirty-nine degrees and forty minutes East 
to Damariscotta river to a small white birch tree." 

May 1, 1817. Voted that there be no spirituous liquors 
sold at or near the Meeting house on days of public 
busniess. 

It is well known to the older inhabitants, that there was, 
for a long time, a dispute between the towns Edgcomb and 
Newcastle respecting their boundary line ; and some years 
elapsed before it was settled. This accounts for the fol- 
lowing, as well as the foregoing, Becord, June 1817. 
"Committee report a line laid out between Newcastle 'and 
Edgcomb, at an iron bolt placed in the ledge or rock on 
the Southerly side of which bolt the letter E is cut out in 
said rock, and on the Northerly side of said bolt the letter 
N is cut out in said rock, and thence running from the 
water of said Narrows on a course South 45 degrees East 
in a line with said iron bolt eleven hundred and eighty-five 
rods to Damariscotta river to an iron bolt placed in a 
ledge or rock near high water mark on said river." 

"Done in pursuance of a Besolve passed in General 
Court June 9, 1817." 

Nov. 15, 1817. A guide post was erected near John 
Jones to Alna, a distance of 3i miles. One w^as also 
erected near Bobert Bobinson's with directions to Damar- 
iscotta Toll Bridge 1 mile, to Sheepscot Toll Bridge 2| 
miles — to Edgcomb 3 miles and to Nobleboro 1\. Done 
by order of the Selectmen. 

In 1822 Josiah Jones again run out the line between 



244 TO^TSf AFFAIRS. 

Edgcomb and Newcastle the same as he run it out before. 
And in Oct. 14, 1822, the towji line was run between New- 
castle and Jefferson : "Beginning at a stake by the bank of 
Damariscotta Pond, between Newcastle and Jefferson, 
thence running Northwest to Alua line, to a bunch of small 
maples, thence running Southwest to Sheepscot river to a 
pine tree Marsh." Settled. 

1823, May 10. Contract closed with Rev. Mr. Bayley 
by paying him $400 in installments of $100 per annum. 
Interest to commence June, 1824. This closed his labors 
as the minister of the town. 

Sept. 12, 1831. Voted to remove all the gates and bars 
from Aaron Sherman's to the County road. 1839. Voted 
to accept the report of the Selectmen on a road as laid out 
from near Robert Campbell's to near the guide board near 
Hodge Woodbridge's. Voted to "accept the report of the 
Selectmen in laj'ing out or altering the road near Thomas 
Woodbridge's. Voted to build the road or so much of it 
as inlaid out by the Commissioners, as leads from Thomas 
Chase's to the Woodbridge Hill- and that the Selectmen 
lot out said road and sell it at auction on the building 
thereof." 

1845. Voted unanimously that the Selectmen be a com- 
mittee to petition the Legislature to pass a law prohibiting 
the building of weirs or pounds, the setting of nets or 
seines or using of drag nets, or in any other Avay obstruct- 
ing the fish called salmon, shad or -alewives in the Damaris- 
cotta river within the bounds of Newcastle and Nobleboro, 
and also to alter or amend the present laws so as to allow 
the fish committee of said towns Nobleboro and Newcastle 
to take fish in the Western and middle streams so called at 
Damariscotta Mills on every day in the week except 
Sunday and but one da}' in each week in the Eastern or 
ock stream, and that rafting and gondolaing or an}' other 
obstruction shall not be allowed in said streams during the 
fish season but two days in each week . 



TOWN AFFAIRS. 245 

The Wiscasset road had now been built and finished ; 
hence the following vote passed Sept. '11, 1848 : — that the 
Selectmen be authorized to borrow $800, on the credit of 
the town for the purpose of paying the balance which may 
be due from the town on account of the building the Wis- 
casset road. And on March 23, 1849, it was voted to 
build a dam over Marsh Stream Bridge. And on Sept. 3, 
1849, it was voted to accept the road laid out by the 
Selectmen from James Fitz Patrick's to Hartley Erskine's. 

March 30, 1850. Voted to choose an agent to confer 
with the Damariscotta agent, to ascertain Avhen the Dam- 
ariscotta bridge should be taken charge of by the town, 
and what it would cost to build a new bridge, and voted 
and chose Isaac C. Washburn for said agent. And on 
April 7, 1851, a meeting was called to see if the town will 
vote to build the Damariscotta bridge with the town of Dam- 
ariscotta the present year. April 7, 1851. Voted that the 
town of Newcastle do not repair the Damariscotta bridge, 
unless the town of Damariscotta unite with them in such 
repairs. May 16, 1851. Voted that an agent to build the 
Damariscotta bridge be chosen by ballot. William Hall 
was chosen agent. Damariscotta concurred, the bridge 
was built and travel over it was free. 

April 5, 1852. Voted that the town choose a supervisor 
of schools instead of a superintending school committee. 
David Q. Cushman was elected to the office. Sept. 4, 1852. 
E. Wilder Farley had 170 votes for Representative to Con- 
gress, and was elected. 

March 14, 1859. Voted to instruct the Selectmen to 
establish a licfuor agent at Damariscotta village, if a suit- 
able person can be procured as such agent. 

March 5, 1862. It was voted to see if the town will 
accept the report of the Selectmen in the laying out of a 
road, beginning near the Brick Yard of George Cunning- 
ham, and ending at a point on the County road leading 
from Damariscotta to Wiscasset. The same was accepted 



246 TOWN AFFAIRS. 

March 24, 1862. In 1864, it was voted to have a Liquor 
Agency. 

May 28th, 1864, it was voted that the sum of $25 be 
raised or appropriated out of any money in the treasury, 
not otherwise appropriated, for each member recruited to 
fill the quota of Newcastle, under the calls referred to in 
the act of the State of Maine, February 20, 1864 for volun- 
teers or soldiers to serve in the U. S. army, and that said 
sum thus raised and appropriated be used in conformity to 
the requirements of said act or paying recruiting agents 
and other expenses of enlistment in filling the town quota 
under said call and any future calls. 

November 17, 1864, it was voted that the Selectmen be 
authorized to borrow money on the credit of the town, not 
to exceed $6000, for the purpose of paying volunteers for 
the U. S. army in anticipation of a call from the town for 
more men. And in March 10, 1865, it was voted that the 
town raise $1200 to fill the town quota under the call of 
December 19, 1864. 

May 2, 1867, on a motion for the suppression of " drink- 
ing houses and tippling shops, " the number of ballots cast 
with the word "Yes" was 86; those with "No " was 6. 
A handsome majority which shoAvs how the town stood on 
the important subject of temperance. 

September 17, 1867, voted that the town issue its bonds 
to the amount of $60,000 in aid of the construction of the 
Knox & Lincoln Railroad. June 12, 1869, on motion of 
E. W. Farle}^, it was voted that the sum of $2500 be raised 
the current year towards defraying Newcastle's one-half of 
the expense of rebuilding the bridge across the Damaris- 
cotta river. 

September 27, 1870, the credit of the town, by vote, was 
pledged for the sum of $22,400 to aid in the construction 
of the Knox & Lincoln Railroad. The bonds given paya- 
ble in 20 years with interest, semi-annually. June 20, 1871, 
voted that the credit of the town be pledged to aid in the 



T0^^^ AFFAIRS. 247 

construction of the K. & L. E. R. in the sum of $30,600 
payable in 30 3"ears. A two-thirds vote was required, 
June 17, 1871, $13,000 were voted in aid of the K. c^: L. R. 
R. 137 voting in favor and 37 against it. 

March 20, 1876, it was voted that the town raise $1000, 
towards the purchase of a tire engine to be located in the 
Bridge village near the Brick Church, provided the further 
sum of $500 be raised by private subscription and paid 
into the treasury of the town on or before the 20th da}' of 
Ma}' next. 

July 4, 1876. There was a " centennial celebration at 
Damariscotta and Newcastle." It was not a celebration of 
the organization of Newcastle, for that was in 1753, a hun- 
dred and twenty-three years before this ; nor of Damaris- 
cotta, for that was incorporated as a town, not a great 
while ago ; but of the country. The meeting was called to 
order by William H. Hilton, Esq., who invited Hon. E. 
Wilder Farley to occupy the Presidential chair. After a 
few well chosen and pertinent remarks, the exercises con- 
tinued as follows : 

1. Music by the Damariscotta Brass Band. 2. Prayer 
by Rev. H. Crocker. 3. Reading of the Declaration of 
Independence by Mr. E. E. Dunbar. 4. Historical sketch 
of NeAvcastle and Damariscotta b}'- Gen. James A. Hall. 
5. Hymn, America, by the band and audience. 

The Antiques and H(n-ribles appeared early in the morn- 
ing ; a regatta took place upon the river ; there was a 
salute of thirty-seven guns at noon ; the bells were ruug 
from twelve to one at noon ; there was a trial of tire 
engines, and other things were said and done which made 
the day one of pleasure and enjoyment and long to be 
remembered. 

March 18, 1879, Resolved that this meeting recommends 
that the town at its annual meeting in 1880 raise by taxa- 
tion one-twentieth part of its tirst loan, namely three 
thousand dollars and one year's interest thereon, which will 



248 TOA\'N AFFAIRS. 

become clue July 1, 1880, and that such a course shall be 
continued, year by year, until said loan is paid, unless 
future events should call for a different policy. And on 
March 22, 1880, it was voted that the town raise such an 
amount as is called for, to pay the interest on the bonds 
issuedf or the benefit of the K. & L. R. R. March 21, 1881, 
it was again voted to raise by taxation $3000 to pay the 
l)onds issued to aid the construction of the K. & L. R. R. 
which became due July 1, 1881. It was voted to raise the 
snni required to pay interest accruing on bonds issued in 
aid of the Knox & Lincoln Railroad, also the interest on 
coupons and orders. 

The stand which Newcastle took in the last Avar was 
noble, patriotic and prompt. Her quota of soldiers was 
readily furnished, bounties were offered them by the town, 
and at the sound of the bugle and the drum, thej' marched 
to the field of battle where lives were lost, limbs were 
shattered and pain and suffering endured. Still the love of 
country prevailed, battles w^ere fought, hardships were 
borne, fatigue, hunger, heat and cold were experienced 
until the contest had ended, victory was proclaimed, and 
peace and prosperity had returned once more to the laud 
of the free and the home of the brave. Newcastle did her 
part cheerfully, readil}- and without complaint in that fear- 
ful struggle which cost the lives of thousands and sent 
sorrow, affliction and loss into large numbers of the families 
which are scattered throughout this widely extended land. 

And her action with regard to the K. & L. R. R. has 
been noble, honorable and just. For the good of the com- 
munity and her own supposed prosperity, she voted away 
her mone}^ as the calls for aid were made, but not realizing 
the profit or the advantage that had been anticipated an d 
finding herself heavily burdened with debt, an increased 
• taxation and little hope of relief, instead of raising the cry 
of poverty, of repudiating her bonds, refusing to pay 
interest, and thus breaking faith with her creditors, she has 



TOWN AFFAIRS. 249 

manfully met the difficulty, made arrangements to meet her 
indebtedness and thus save her credit ami deal on the 
principles of integrity with those who complied with her 
wishes in the day when she made her offer and called upon 
the public for aid. The votes I have quoted show this. 
And while the credit of other corporations have through 
mismaungement and fraud, sunk so low as to forever lose 
the confidence of the community, that of Newcastle stands 
firm ; she is endeavoring to meet her engagements, and to 
deal with her creditors on the principles of fairness, honor 
and integrity. 

The Lincoln Democrat was first published in Newcastle, 
July 24, 1850. J. J. Ramsey was editor and he continued 
it nine years. Wednesday was the day of its publication. 

About the year 18G9, an effort w;is made for the purpose 
of erecting a dam across Damariscottarivera short distance 
above the bridge at the head of the falls, and to encourage 
the enterprise, the town on May 21, 1870, passed the fol- 
lowing vote : " That the stock of the Damariscotta Water 
Power Company and all the structure and machinery and 
capital used for operating the same, be exempted from 
taxation in the town of Newcastle for the period of t(>n 
years after the same is put in operation." 

Newcastle State Bank was incorporated in 1854 with a 
capital of $50,000. Algernon S. Austin was President and 
Thaddeus Weeks, Cashier. 

The Directors were Algernon S. Austin, Joseph Haines, 
Thomas J. Merrill, John H. Converse, Austin Hall, Joseph 
Stetson, Joel Huston, Addison Austin, and Albert Glidden. 
The bank was situated in Austin's Block, corner of Main 
and Water streets. During the Rebellion, in 1865 its 
charter was given up and it became a National Bank with 
Joseph Haines for President and David W. Chapman, 
Cashier. 

The first physician in Newcastle we have any knowledge 
of, is Dr. Kenelm Winslow who practised here in 1763. He 



250 MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 

lived where the late Mrs. Barstow resided. Dr. Bush in 1797. 
Dr. Josiah M3'rick practised forty years. "'^ Dr. Lot Myrick, 
his son, who lived at Damariscotta Mills, practised 20 years. 
He then married the daughter of Hon. John Dole of Alna, 
quit practice and moved to Augusta. Dr. Samuel Ford 
continued in the practice 20 years and then died. Dr. 
Moses Call was physician here 40 years. Dr. John T. 
Acorn has been here 45 years and is still active in his pro- 
fession. Dr. John S. Wright moved here from Edgcomb, 
practised 5 years and then died. Dr. Fred Hutchings 2 
years, and Dr. W. S. Hall, 3 years. 



CHAPTER XXXII. 



MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSESt AND CHURCHES. 

At the time of organizing the town there was a Meet- 
ing house on its Western side, and the Rev. Alexander 
Boyd, a Presbyterian Minister from Scotland, was preach- 
ing there. Mr. Boyd came to this country a young man 
and was recommended as having received a liberal educa- 
tion and studied Theology at the University of Glasgow. 
He was approved by the Boston Presbytery, and licensed 



* Dr. John T.. Acorn. 

fl use the word Meeting house because it is descriptive, appro- 
priate and was properly used by our fathers. The word Churcli is 
equivocal ; it may mean the building, or the body of believers 
assembled within it. The Episcopal use of the word is not of 
American growth. 



MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 251 

by them to 7)reach at their session at Pelham, N. H., June 
14, 1748. He was appointed by them to supply George- 
tov.n in the District of INFaine, with discretionary power to 
visit " Whiclieasset and Shoepscoat. " At Georgetown, the 
people were pleased with Mr. Boyd, and gave him a call to 
settle. This was in August, 1749. But the Presbytery had 
heard from Scotland some reports to the disadvantage of 
Mr. B., and therefore returned the call to the Church at 
Georgetown, and at the same time cited their candidate to 
appear before them. In the ensuing October he presented 
himself before that bod}' and confessed, that previous to his 
leaving Scotland, he had, in an irregular manner, married a 
lady by the name of Mary Buchan, and had left her. This 
fact he had studiously concealed at the time of receiving his 
license to preach ; but he now declared his intention to send 
for her and treat her as his wife. The Presbytery sharply 
rebuked him for his duplicity, and as he appeared penitent, 
they continued his license. He again returned to George- 
town, and in June, 1750, the people renewed their invita- 
tion for his settlement among them ; but he also visited- 
Newcastle, and was invited by the people there, to tarry 
with them. This latter invitation he accepted ; and he 
had become a resident there, when the town was organized. 
How much preaching the town had been favored with, 
previous to that time, is uncertain ; but it is understood, 
that, as early as convenient, they took measures to have 
the gospel among them. Christopher Tappan had donated 
two 100 acre lots ; one to be given to the first settled min- 
ister, and the other to the inhabitants of Sheepscot, as a 
glebe or parsonage forever. And as soon as the town was 
organized, measures were taken to have the gospel settled 
among them, and the design of the benevolent donor carried 
into execution. Accordingly, in April, 1754, only nine 
months after the organization of the town, I find the record 
of the town meeting to contain the following vote : " That 
there be forty pounds raised for supporting the gospel, and 



252 MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 

to pay the charge of attendinpj the Rev. Presbytery, in 
order to have the gospel preached among us, and to Liy in a 
proper stock of ammunition. " 

The Presbytery was to meet at Newbury ; and as it was 
not convenient for them to come to Newcastle to perform 
the services of Ordination, it was arranged that this service 
should be at Newbury ; and that a committee from the 
town should be there, and in behalf of the town, should 
receive Mr. B., as their minister, after the ordination. 

Previous to this meeting there had been another, when a 
committee was appointed to make arrangements for the 
" affair. " And on the 31st of July of that year, a meeting 
of the town was held, when it was stated by James Clark 
and Robert Hodge, a previously appointed committee, that 
they had given Mr. B. a call for settlement ; that he had 
replied affirmatively ; and that the ordination was to take 
place on the 20th of August next, at Newbury. They also 
stated that they had " promised him ninety-three pounds, 
or the Minister's lot and =£26 ami the use of the Parsonage 
lot, upon condition that he is to remain with us until the 
Rev. Presbytery see fit to remove him for non-performance 
in us ; and we have promised him forty-six pounds a year, 
salary, and likewise charges of attending the Presbytery at 
Boston, in having the call presented. " 

It was also voted, that James Clark, Alexander Nickels 
and John McNear be a committee to attend the Ordination 
of Mr. Boyd at Newbury, and that they receive him as 
their minister, in behalf of the District and congregation. 
But the vessel in which Mr. Boyd and the Committee Avere 
embarked, being detained by stress of weather, he did not 
reach Newbury at the time appointed for the ordination. 
It was therefore postponed until Septemlier 19th, when it 
was duly performed. On this occasion Rev. Mr. McGregore 
of Londonderry, preached from II Timothy, 2, 3. Rev. 
Mr. Moreliead of Boston gave the Charg'e, and Rev. Mr. 
Parsons of* Newbury presented the Right Hand. 



MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 253 

Mr. B. returns with the committee and comincuices his 
labors at Newcastle, and on the next year, April 19, 1755, 
they vote to raise X23 towards the Minister's salary before 
the Province Precepts reached them ; thus generously pre- 
paying this amount as a subsidy in tiine of need. T\\o tax 
for the whole would be made out when the precept arrived. 
One year afterwards, at the meeting in March 25, 175G, the 
town found themselves in arrears to Mr. B. and they chose 
William McLslland, A. Nickels and S. Kennedy a committee 
to settle with him. 

The inhabitants of Newcastle were never unanimous for 
the settlement of Mr. Boj'd And at the time of his ordi- 
nation, a remonstrance was presented to the Presbytery 
from Nathaniel Winslow and others who called themselves 
Congregationalists, against having Mr. B. settled over them. 
But their objections had no weight with the Presbytery. 
And after the ordination, the difficulties rather increased 
than diminished, which divided the town into powerful 
parties. On the same year, June 24, 1756, there wms a 
town meeting Avhen it was voted by the "major part" of 
the inhabitants, that Mr. B. was not received according to 
law or the Presbyterian standards. A number however 
protested againet this vote. 

A second vote by the majority declared that "they will 
not receive the Rev. Mr. Boyd to be their minister ; but a 
number of the inhabitants protested that they had no 
right to vote in such a case ; alleging that he was already 
received. They were willing however to leave it wdth the 
Bev. Presbytery to decide the matter. But the "major 
part of the inhabitants" voted that they would not have 
Mr. Boj^d preach on the Damariscotta side of the town 
at all ; and so the meeting, which proved to be a stormy 
one, was adjourned. 

1757. The second Article in the Warrant for a town 
Meeting to be held on March 19, was to see if the town 
will appoint a time when a settlement can be had with Mr. 



254 MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 

Boyd, that the Treasurer and others who have paid, may 
bring iu their accounts, so that "botli minister and people"" 
may know what is due for the support of the gospel ; and 
also "to see if the town will send a man to the Rev. Pres- 
bytery next April, in order to have the grievances removed 
that have arisen between the Rev. A. Boyd and the town." 
The committee was appointed, and consisted of John 
McNear, John Ward and Wm. McLelland. 

Nothing farther was done at this meeting ; but dissatis- 
faction still continuing, a warrant was issued on the 23d 
day of March, calling a meeting on the 7th of April prox- 
imo. The first article was to "inquire into the reasons 
why we have rot had the sacrament of the Lord's supper 
admhiistered amongst us since the Rev. A. Boyd's ordina- 
tion ; and whether this, with Mr. Boyd's conduct amongst 
us be a grievance or not, to the most part of the town ; and 
if Judged a grievance as aforesaid, to put it to vote whether 
we will send a man at the town's charge to the Rev. Pres- 
bytery, in order to have this grievance removed, as soon 
as said Presbytery, in their wisdom, shall determine." 

The committee appointed on the 19th of March, do not 
appear to have done their duty, or had been excused ; and 
on the 7th of April, the town by vote declared, that the 
conduct of Mr. Boyd is "a grievance," and that a man be 
sent to the Presbytery to have him removed. 

1758. Dissatisfaction with Mr. Boyd continues ; and it 
is certain that there are hindrances to his usefulness which 
he cannot remove. Prejudices had risen against him ; and 
rumors of wrong were rife. And on July 12, the town had 
a meeting, principally with regard to this matter, when it 
was voted, 1st, To send for a Justice of the Peace at the 
town's expense, in order to have proof elicited of the 
charges made against Mr. Boyd, and stated in the fore- 
going "U^'arrant. I have looked over that "Warrant, but can 
find no specification of charges ; they were only general ; 
but whatever they were, they rested with great weight 



MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES, 255 

upon the minds of a majority of the inhabitants, and they 
were determined to rid themselves of the present undesir- 
able incumbent. The sacrament, we know had not been 
administered ; Mr. Boyd's antecedents were bad ; and dif- 
ficulties of a formidable character, had arisen, since he 
had been settled at Newcastle. 2d, They aiithorized the 
town Clerk to write to the E.ev. Presbytery in behalf of 
the town ; and 3d, They voted to "Desire the Rev. Presby- 
tery to remove Mr. Boyd from us ; and if the said removal 
cannot now be obtained, to desire them to appoint Mr. 
Boyd to supply elsewhere." 

In Sept. 28th, another town Meeting was called with 
regard to this matter, when a committee, consisting of 
James Forbes, James Cargill and Wm. McLelland, was 
raised to settle with Rev. Mr. Boyd. And at an adjoui'ned 
meeting held Oct. 9, the committee report that there is 
due Mr. Boyd, salary and settlement money, the sum of 
£66, 13s., 4d. His receipts amounted to il3, 6s., 7d, 2f. 
Balance due £53, 6s., 7d, 2f. The Committee were taken 
by Mr. Boyd as sureties for the amount and the town 
ordered the constables to collect it. 

The town also appointed James Cargill and Robert 
Hodge a committee to " lot " ndtli Mr. Boyd, as to which of 
the lots appropriated by Mr. Tappan for religions services, 
should be his; and which should belong to the town. 
They did so ; and lot* 15 fell to Mr. Boyd, while lot 16 
remained to the town, as a glebe or parsonage forever. 

Mr. Boyd paid, and the account settled, his labors closed 
in that place. He had preached in town about seven 



* There is a differaace between tlie numbering of these lots as 
made by the town, and that afterwards made by David Murray, 
Esq,, Surveyor. And the only way that I can reconcile the diffi- 
culty, is, this town must have reckoned lots 1 and 2 as lot No. 1 ; 
while M irray reckoned thetn regularly 1 and 2 ; thus, on the town's 
numbering, the parsonage was No. 1() ; on Murray's, No. 17. 



256 MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 

years, and was settled minister for more than four. His 
ministry does not appear to have been attended with any 
important, satisfactory results. 

As far as the Record goes, it does not appear that the 
town was favored with preaching, the ensuing winter ; but 
at tlieir next March meeting, 1759, a committee of three, 
Benj. Woodbridge, Robt, Hodge and Samuel Perkins, was 
raised, "to employ a minister, to preach the gospel to us, 
for this year." They do not appear to have been very suc- 
cessful ; for at the next annual meeting held March 13, 
1760, a committee of three, James Cargill, James Clark 
and Sainuel Perkins were appointed to em]:)loy a minister. 

Ko minister hoAvever was obtained, and in October 3d of 
that year, a town Meeting was called, to see if the town 
would unite Avith the people of Walpole, provided the peo- 
ple of Walpole would unite with them, in extending a call to 
the Kev. Nathan Ward formerly of Watertown, Mass. who was 
then preaching at that place, to become a minister of both 
places. It was to be at the option of Mr. Ward, to reside 
either at Newcastle or Walpole, as he might elect. The 
business at that meeting, was left incomplete. And at an 
adjourned meeting, held January 1, 1761, when the same 
proposition was repeated, it was agreed that the time, pay 
and labor of the minister should be equally divided 
between the two places. The part of the salar}'- the town 
agreed to pay was, £26, 13s. 4d. They also voted to pay 
for settlement £33, 6s. 8d. 

William McLelland, David Given, Joseph Glidden, Henry 
Little and John Hussey were appointed a committee with 
full power to carry the whole proceeding, both as to union 
with AValpole and terms with Mr. Ward, into execution. 
But if they should fail in their object, then they should 
report to the town. 

Questions, prejudicial to Mr. Ward having arisen respect- 
ing his dismissal from Watertown, a committee of seven 
were appointed to learn the truth of the matter. Their 



MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 257 

names were David Given, Josepli GlidJen, Henry Little, 
John Hussej, David Hopkins, Elisha Clark and John 
Cunningham. But after diligent inquiry, all suspicions of 
wrong were removed, and Mr. Ward stood before them as 
a man of candor and uprightness, and a minister of blame- 
less conversation, rectitude of character and success in his 
work. 

1761. The project of re-nnion however, for some cause, 
failed, and Mr. Ward appears to have left oif preaching at 
Walpole. And in May 18, the town in meeting assembled, 
gave him a call for settlement with them. They voted him 
£53, 6s. 8d for settlement, one-half to be paid within ten 
days after his Installation, and the other half at the end of 
the year. For salary he was to have £66, los. 4d. A com- 
mittee of three, John Ballantine, David Given and Joseph 
Glidden, were raised to carry the designs of the town into 
execuution. 

Mr. Ward accepted the call, and on the 4th of August, 
the town had a meeting and according to Congregational 
usage, voted to invite seven Churches to assist at the 
Installation. These were. Concord, Rev. Mr. Bliss ; Hol- 
lis, Eev. Mr. Emerson ; Boston, Eev. Mr. Pemberton ; 
Bridgewater, Rev, Mr. Porter ; Sutton, Eev. Mr. Hall ; 
Eev. Mr. Cleveland, Jebacca ; and Eev. Dr. Sewall, Boston. 
It was agreed that the time and place of Installation, be 
left wholly with the candidate. 

And as there was no settled minister in the County, they 
agreed to apply to the Lieutenant Governor and Secretary 
of State for their advice, to know whether those ministers 
whom they have selected, will answer the Province law 
which required the approbati(^n of a majority of the min- 
isters in a County, to accomplish such an object. 

But doubts were still entertained by some, whether Mr. 
Ward had been properly dismissed from Watiutown ; 
accordingly, at that meeting, a protest, signed by four indi- 
viduals, Benjamin Woodbridge, Kenelm Wiuslow, James 



258 MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 

Brown and James Hall, was entered against the proceed- 
ings. They charge the meeting with acting imprudently 
in not knowing whether Mr. Ward has a proper dismission 
from those over whom he was lately settled. 

This was throwing cold water upon the flame ; and 
nothing further appears to have been done till the annual 
meeting in March 24, 1762, when a new committee was 
raised, to procure the services of a minister. This com- 
mittee were William McLellan, Jonathan Laiten and Henry 
Little. 

August 31st of the same year, the town desirous of 
coming to a decision with regard to the settlement of Mr. 
Ward, Voted, 1. Not to apply any farther to the General 
Court in this matter ; 2. To choose seven ministers living in 
and around Boston to look into and detei-mine upon the mat- 
ter of the legality and correctness of Mr. Ward's dismission ; 
and 3, That if they approved of his course, then he was to 
be supported by subscription raised by his friends, and not 
by a salary from the town ; and that the time in which he 
could not be employed in Newcastle, he might labor else- 
wdiere to preach, as the Providence of God should open the 
door. 

Here the whole matter appears to have rested for a sea- 
son. 1763, March 22, the town voted to raise a committee 
of three to procure a minister ; and also instructed that 
committee to write to the Rev. Mr. Parsons of Newburyport, 
inviting him " to pay them a visit, " sometime during the 
summer. 

At the same meeting, it was voted to raise a committee 
to take care of the Meeting House, and Flankers and Gar- 
rison, and to let the Flankers for the benefit of the town. 
Kobert Hodge, William McLelland, Samuel Nickels and 
John Cunningham, were appointed on that Committee, 

In the Warrant for a Town Meeting to be holden June 
14, an Article was inserted, to see if the town will vote 
to repair the Meeting house ; but the town decided " not 
to repair the Meeting house yet. " 



MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 25U 

Kev. Mr. Ward who was absent, wrote to the town at 
this time, wishing them to retract their call, and accordingly 
on the 26th of September, another Meeting was called, when 
it was voted, " that the call that was given to Mr. Ward, b(! 
dismissed." 

Here the matter ended. Mr. AVard was afterwards set- 
tled at Plymouth, N. H., and the town was without a 
minister. 

IIGL In the Warrant for the March 27th Meeting, an' 
Article was inserted, to see what the town would do about 
getting a minister, which resulted in appointing a committee 
for that purpose. But the Article relating to repairing the 
Meeting house, passed on this wise : that all the inhabi- 
tants who lived to the west of Simuel Nickels, should do 
it. Samuel Nickels lived where Joseph Cargill so long 
resided. He built that house and for many years resided 
in it. X26, 18s. 4d, were raised for this purpose. The 
committee to see the work done, were Samuel Nickles, 
James Campbell, John Cunningham. 

This committee were also to appraise the Meeting house ; 
and at the June 19th meeting, it was voted to accept of 
their appraisal. The town also voted to raise <£100 for 
repairing the Meeting house, and for providing a place 
convenient, on the other side of the town, for public wor- 
ship ; and they agreed to divide the amount raised equally 
between the two places. This is the first time the town 
took any action with regard to supporting public wor- 
ship on the Eastern side of the town. A committee of five 
was raised for carrying the design of the U)wii into 
execution. 

Dissatisfaction with these votes was expressed, and at 
another meeting called for the purpose, on the 17th of July 
following, an attempt was made to have these votes recon- 
sidered ; but without avail. The town chose to abide l\v 
its former decision. The real objection consisted, in having 



'260 MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. i 

a Meeting house built ou the Eastern side of tlie town. 
But one is resolved on, and it were useless to oppose it. 
They disagree however as to place. 

1765. At the next annual Meeting held March 6, a com- 
mittee of five for supplying the pulpit, was appointed ; and 
this committee should have power to appoint a sub-com- 
mittee, one of their own number, who should go at the 
town's expense, and "look out for a minister." The toAvn 
also voted not to accept the report of the committee 
appointed for repairing the Meeting house ; neither to 
accept of what the other committee had done, relating to 
the choice of a place, to set the Meeting house, on the 
Eastern side of the town. 

There was dissatisfaction and disagreement. And a 
Warrant was granted for a meeting to be held on the 4th of . 
April next to see if the town 1, Will grant the inhabitants 
on the Eastern side of the town the liberty of raising a cora- 
mitttee who should make choice of a place for setting the 
Meeting house, provided they shall be at the expense of 
purchasing the lot for the same ; and also land for a bury- 
ing ground, without any charge to the town ; 2, To see if 
the town will allow the inhabitants on the Eastern side, the 
liberty to receive the report of the committee, provided « 
they agree upon the spot where to set the house ; 3, To ', 

see if the town will empower said committee to carry on 
the building by contract : 4, To see if the town Avill allow 
the said committee to draw on the, Treasurer for money to ' 

defray the expense of building, provided they dt) not \ 
exceed the amount voted for that purpose ; 5, To see f 
whether the town would limit the time for fixing on the . 
spot ; 6, To see if the town would limit the time for complet- 
ing the undertaking &c. But the town refused to grant ^^ 
any of these requests. The majority was on the Western ^ 
side, and none of these things met their views or 'V 
expectations. 

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MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 261 

at variance on this question ; but in May, a Warrant was 
issued calling a meeting the 14th of that month, to see if 
the town will choose a committee of three iiersons living 
out of town, who shall have power to fix upon a place, for 
setting the Meeting house ; and that the town pay the 
expenses of the Commission. This was granted. The 
persons chosen were James Boyd of Pemaquid, Thomas 
Rice, Esq., of Wiscasset and John Stinson, Esq. And it was 
agreed that if any of this committee should fail in attendance, 
the other two should have power to fill the vacancy. The 
town also fixed on the dimensions of the Meeting house ; 
forty feet in length, thirty feet in width, and eleven feet 
" stud." The building committee were John Cunningham, 
Joseph Jones and Samuel Perkins. 

This committee were also invested with power, as soon 
as the location is decided on, to agree with one man or two 
to do it " by the great ;" or any other way they may think 
for the benefit of the toAvn. 

The town also voted to petition the General Court, to 
remit their " Province rates, " for that year, as a subsidy for 
building the Meeting house ; they being hardly able to meet 
the expense of both. This action satisfied the inhabitants 
on the Eastern side, and they and the town were ag.iin 
reconciled. 

At a meeting of September 11, an effort was made to 
have the gospel preached among them, and also to fence 
the Burying ground ; but without eftect, 

1766. At a meeting held February 26, the town raised a 
committee to " treat " with Rev. Job Lain respecting his 
settlement among them. And they also refused to allow 
John McNear anything farther for his trouble in going to 
Boston about settling with Mr. Ward. 

At the Meeting in the following March 26th, it was 
agreed to make an alteration in the Meeting house frame, 
of six feet in width, and seven feet in height. This was 
for the purpose of building a tier of six pews on the 



262 MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES ANB CHURCHES. 

South side of the house, six feet square. Nathaniel Bryant 
and Joseph Gliddeu undertook the alteration ; and they 
came ubder an obligation to give the inhabitants on the 
Western side of the town an equal chance with those on 
the Eastern side, in the purchase of these pews. And if 
there were no purchasers for them, then they should be 
upon the hands of the committee who should bear the 
expense incurred by them, and they could sell to whom 
they please. 

They ;dso ch.ose a committee of fi\'e to supply the pulpit 
and to "treat further with Rev. Mr. Lain about settling 
with us. " 

At a Meeting held April 18th, John Cunningham, James 
Brown and Samuel Nickels were appointed a committee to 
carry on the building of the Meeting house on the Eastern 
side of the town, and power was given, them to draw on 
the Treasury to meet the expense. Tlie place that the 
Referees had chosen to set the house, was opposite Eben- 
ezer Farley's present residence, where Mrs. Barstow's 
barn now stands. And, at the same meeting, Benjamin 
Woodbridge, Robert Hodge and Samuel Nickels were 
appointed a committee to repair the Meeting house on the 
Western side of the town, and " seat it properly and 
decently, and build a pulpit in said house. " The expense 
was to be met from the Treasury. 

July 14, the town voted to give Mr. Job Lain a call to 
settle with them in the ministry, with a salary of £66, 13s. 
4d, lawful money, and also the benefit of the Ministerial 
lot. His settlement money was to be £66, 13s. 4d, lawful 
money. And in case of his accepting the call, he should 
be entitled to all the contribution that has been, or shall 
be, raised before he goes home, together with all that shall 
be taken three months after his return. He appears to 
have been exceeding popular with the town ; and they 
made him liberal offers to retain him ; but all to no pur- 
pose. He did not see fit to settle with them.^ 



MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 2G3 

17G7. At the Murch meeting, a coramitteeof three were 
appointed to obtain a supply for the pulpit ; and if there 
was no immediate prospect of obtaining a minister, then 
one of them, Spencer Bonnet,* should go "in quest" of one, 
and his expenses be paid by the town. It was a little 
anterior to, and during, this time that this region was vis- 
ited with a powerful work of divine grace. It commenced 
in Boothbay, under the labors of Rev.' Mr. Murray and 
spread in the towns around. Its influence was felt in 
Newcastle ; and many there were hopefully converted to 
God. This made the people there more anxious than 
usual, for the settlement of a minister among them. 

On the 5th of May, it was voted that =£5, 6s. 8d, be paid 
to Kenelm Winslow for one acre of land on the East side 
of the town where the meeting house frame now stands, 
"bounded as Samuel Nickels shall think to be most com- 
modious for the town." A "sufficient" deed was required, 
to run to the Treasurer of the town, and be given before 
the money for the land, was paid. 

July 8, the town "impowered" three men, David Hopkins, 
Spencer Bennet and Sam'l Perkins, to extend a call to the 
Rev. Samuel Perley, who had been settled at Seabrook, N.' 
H., to become their pastor. They pledged him a salary of 
£80 lawful money, and XlOO lawful money as a settlement. 
But Mr. P. declined their invitation. 

At a meeting held on the loth of Mai'ch, the town raised 
a committee of three, taken from both sides and middle of 
the town, " to carry on the finishing of the meetinghouse." 
Benjamin Woodbridge represented the West, N. Bryant 
the East, and Samuel Nickels the middle of the town. 

The Meeting house on the East side of the town, though 
never completed, was so far done, as to accommodate the 

* Ho was gone ten days to the Westward on this business and 
received for his services ten doUars. James Brown also brings in 
a bill of £4, ITs for boarding M. Lane whieh was allowed. 



264 MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 

Town Meetinpjs and the schools kept in that district. And 
ft'om this time, the town began to divide. The meetings 
alternated between the West and East side of the town. 
And, on the 14th of March 1769, the meeting was held, for 
the first time at the new Meeting House, on the East side 
of the town. And a committee of three was raised to 
procure the services of a "good preacher, a minister that is 
likely to settle in this place as soon as may be." 

At a meeting held April 3, 1769, the town extended a call 
to Mr. William Southmayd to settle with them in the min- 
istry, with the promise of a salary of X80 lawful money, 
and £100 as a settlement, together with the use of the 
ministerial lot. But he declined their call. The people, 
though disappointed, were neither discouraged nor without 
hope. Another minister soon appears among them. He 
meets their wishes and answers their expectations. 

1770. At the Annual Meeting held on the AVest side of 
the town, March 14, an invitation was extended to Rev. 
Joel Benedict, to settle with them in the ministry, with the 
promise of the same salary and settlement that had been 
made to Mr. Southmayd ; but he declined their call. Before 
Mr. Boyd came, it is not certain that any church had been 
gathered in this town, though there was one during his min- 
istry there and William McLelland was chosen Deacon of 
it.* At the time of Mr. Boyd's settlement, the whole thing 
appears to have been managed b}^ the town, without any 
recognition of a church, and at the meeting of the Boston 
Presbytery held May 1754, William Hodge was accused 
before that body for some offence, when he was remanded 
back to the church at Newcastle where be belongs, to give 
satisfaction to them "as soon as that church shiall be duly 
organized." 

From this, it would seem, that, at the time of Mr. Boyd's 
ordination, the initials had been taken to organize a 

*Mi8s Mary Murray. 



MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 265 

church, though it had not been done ; and one of the com- 
pLiints brought against Mr. Boyd, as appears in Town 
Record March 23, 1757, was, that the Sacrament had not 
been administered. But the church which he gathered 
was neither hirge nor very efficient, and was destined to a 
speedy death. Mr. Boyd was a Presbyterian ; and he was 
settled and removed by the action of the town, in connec- 
tion with the Presbytery, and the church was not named 
in tlie proceedings. 

At the time of Mr. Ward's proposed settlement in 1760,* 
two years after Mr. Boyd's dismissal, the Council was 
chosen and all the other arrangements were made by the 
town and people, without any reference to a church ; and 
if one minister had been settled in this way, it is not 
strange that the people shoidd think of settling another in 
the same manner. 

At the date of Feb. 1769, I find the following bill made 
out by Samuel Nickels, Innholder, against "Gentlemen 
Committee of Newcastle." To 19 mugs of flip, £4, 15s ; 
To 8 dinners, £2, 8s ; 4 suppers, 12s ; 2 lodgings, 4s ; 2 
breakfasts, 10s ; 1 horse keeping, 15s ; use of barn for 
preaching several times, 12s ; one week's board of Mr. 
Leison, 6s, 8d ; 2 mugs, 10s ; which it is presumed the 
town duly considered and paid. 

1770. It is certain that no church existed here when 
this year was ushered in ; for, from the Town Records, it 
would seem, that one of the reasons w^iich induced Mr. 
Ben6dict to decline the call to settle here, was, there was 
no church in town ; and this explains the reason for the 
following movement. 

At a meeting May 22, called for the pui-pose, Thomas 
Humphries was chosen a committee to wait on the Rev. 
Mr. Emerson of Georgetown and Rev. Mr. Eaton of 
Harpswell and request them to choose a third minister, 
and come to this town for the purpose of gathering a 
church ; with the hope that the church when gathered, will 



266 MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 

give Mr. Benedict a call to settle with them in the min- 
istry. Samuel Nickels, Esq., was the person selected to 
extend the call in case the church should be organized. 
Mr. Benedict was out of town ; but Mr. Nickels was to use 
his influence with him to persuade him to come, as soon 
as he was able, when the call would be properl}^ presented. 
If, however, he should be unsuccessful, then he should take 
advice of ministers and other good men abroad, and "get 
^a good, sound minister of the gospel, well recominauded," 
to come and preach on probation for settlement here. 

The town was earnest in its desires and efforts, but 
without avail. Those ministers did not see fit to comply 
with the request of the town — it being an unusual mode of 
procedure, and probably the suitable materials for a 
church were wanting — neither did Mr. Benedict accept the 
invitation. Their hopes are disappointed, and the pulpit 
is once more left unsupplied. 

On the 4:th of September the town had a meeting and 
raised a committee to provide a minister. 

1771, March 12, Town Meeting. A committee of three, 
one from the Eastern, one from the Western, and one 
from the center of the town, was raised for supplying the 
pulpit. One year afterwards, the town was destitute ; and 
on the 4th of March, 1772, a committee was chosen to 
provide "a good, sound minister," to come and settle with 
them. 

At this meeting an Article was inserted in the Warrant, 
to see what the town would do about Meeting houses ; 
whether the town will finish the one on the Eastern side 
and build a new one on the West side ; or whether they 
will build one Meeting house near the center of the town, 
where it will accommodate all the inhabitants. And the 
result was, a vote to build one Meeting house near the 
center of the town. This would do very well for those 
who lived at Damariscotta and Sheepscot ; but it was com- 
pelling those at the Head of the Tide to travel a long dis- 
tance to meeting. 



MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 267 

The same difficulty uow occurred that happened when 
the new Meeting house was in progress of erection on the 
Eastern side of the town ; they could not agree where to 
set it. So they employed the same committee which they 
had before, with one exception, to come and locate the 
Meeting house. 

This committee, consisting of Thomas Rice, Esq., Wis- 
casset, John Stinsou, Esq., and James McCobb, Esq., 
of Georgetown,* met and selected a spot in due order;, 
but they had less success than before. Their choice did 
not give satisfaction ; and the town at a meeting held 
September 21, 1772 voted "not to accept the spot laid out 
for a Meeting house." The spot was on the hill. West of 
David Given and near the Head of the Reach Road. 
And if the town was never to have but one Meeting house, 
and the people at the Head of the Tide were never to go 
off, it might have been a judicious location. But other 
men were to live, other times to occur, and other interests 
prevailed. 

1773, March 11, the usual vote was passed; to raise a 
committee for supplying the pulpit ; and James Cargill 
was deputed special messenger to go and seek a minister, 
till he could find one. 

At this meeting, an effort was made to revive the mat- 
ter of Meeting houses, but without success ; the town 
refused to do anythiug about it then. But, at a meeting 
held on the East side, Sept. 13, 1773, they got a vote to 
finish the Meeting house on the East side of the town, 
and to do it at the town's charge. The Eastern men were 
in the majority. This house, at that time, was only 
boarded, not clapboarded, with the roof shingled. No 
pews had been put up, and they voted, not to do anything 
about finishing the Meeting house on the Western side of 
the town. The Eastern star was in the ascendancy. 

* Samuel Nickels was employed by the towu to eutertaiu them. 



268 MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 

This, of course, gave great dissatisfaction to those liv- 
ing on the West side ; and they hurried along another 
meeting which was held Oct. 5, when, not being able to 
elect a Moderator, the meeting broke up in confusion. 
This meeting was held on the West side of the town. 

On the 11th, another warrant was issued, calling a meet- 
ing to be held on the 28th inst., on the West side of the 
town. James Cargill had reported favorably ; the services 
of Mr. Jesse Reed had been secured as minister ; and the 
second vote passed, w^as to give him a call for settlement. 
The terms were, £100 settlement money ; and £80 yearly 
salary. A committee was raised to present this call and 
to receive the candidate's answer. It was in the negative. 

The Westsiders had now the best chance. Their star 
was in the ascendancy. David Hopkins was in the chair, 
and they easily carried the vote, to reconsider the vote 
passed March 4, 1772, not to have but one Meeting house 
in town ; and they also decided not to add any more to 
the committee for carrying on the building of the house, 
on the East side of the town ; and they still farther agreed, 
to build a Meeting house, on the West side of the town, 
on the Ministerial lot, near the town road. 

1774 At the next annual meeting, March 14, the whole 
subject came up again. This meeting was on the East 
side. Nothing had been done, not so much as a stick cut 
or a board sawed, towards building the Meeting house on 
the West side ; though a committee of five had been chosen 
for that object ; and the house on the East side, remained 
"m statu quo." The Western men were at this meeting in 
force, when they agreed that the expense of the Eastern 
house should be borne by the town ; and that -the town 
should build a Meeting house on the West side, fifty feet 
in length and forty feet in width. At this meeting, they 
invited the Rev. Samuel Wheeler "to preach the gospel on 
probation for settlement." 

But the condition of things was not satisfactory. Oppo- 



MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 269 

sition was found to these votes of the town, and an appli- 
cation was made to the Selectmen for another meeting 
which they refused. The dissentients then applied to 
Justice Rice of Wiscasset for authority to call another 
meeting, and he acceded to their request. The meeting 
was held July 21, 1774, when an attempt was made to 
reconsider the vote for building a Meeting house on the 
West side of the town, but it failed. The town chose to 
abide by its former decision. An attempt was then made 
to remove the Meeting house frame which had been pre- 
pared and was ready for raising, to the spot where the old 
Meeting house stood, taking that away, or "to som6 other 
place as shall be agreed upon ; " but this also failed. The 
town was inflexible. 

1774. In the Warrant for a meeting, to be held Septem- 
ber 22, on the East side of the town, the second Article 
was to see what sum of money the town will raise, to carry 
on the building of the two Meeting houses ; but the Article 
does not appear to have been acted upon. The whole 
matter slumbered for a time. Jacob Greely, hoMever, was 
appointed in room of Alexander Robinson who had moved 
out of town, a committee, to secure the services of a min- 
ister. 

1775. At the next Annual meeting, March 22, the town 
voted to raise a committee of three, who should endeavor 
to employ Rev. John Urquhart as minister. And if he 
should decline to preach on " probation for settlement, " 
then the committee are to take " all prudent care to pro- 
vide a good minister of the gospel, to come and preach on 
probation." But for some reason, Mr. Urquhart, like Mr. 
Reed, did not tarry with them. During the summer, Mr. 
Thurston W^hiting, a student of Cambridge, came into 
these parts, and was engaged to preach in Newcastle. And 
on the 14th of December, the town voted unanimously to 
continue him in preaching, the ensuing winter, with a view 
of settlement. 



270 MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 

1776. March 14, a unanimous vote was passed by the 
town, inviting him to settle with them. They promised 
him a settlement of £100 and a yearly salary of £80, 
together with the u«e of the Ministerial lot, for his services. 

Arrangements were soon m^ade for his ordination. And 
on May 9, Mr. Whitiugappearedin town meeting, when the 
choice was given him to settle on the Presbyterian or Con- 
gregational platform, as he might elect. He said, he did 
not wish to decide for the town ; but his preference would 
be Congregational. Therefore the town voted to ordain him 
on the Congregational Platform. And from that hour, 
Presbyterianism disappears from Newcastle and never 
recovered ascendanc}^ or influence again. 

Major John Farle}', David Hopkins and Samuel Nickels 
\j were appointed a committee in behalf of the town, to invite 
the ministers from abroad to the work of ordination. The 
Council were, Rev. Ezekiel Emerson, Georgetown ; Rev. 
Samuel Eaton,. Harpswell ; Rev. Crestian Gillman, North 
Yarmouth ; Rev. Alexander McLean, Bristol ; Rev. Thomas 
Moor, Pownalboro' ; and Rev. Francis Winter of the 
North Parish in Georgetown. 

The second Wednesday of July was fixed as the day of 
ordination. David Hopkins, Samuel Nickels and John 
Farley were the committee of arrangements. June 24, 
town voted to ordain Mr. Whiting in Samuel Nickel's barn. 
This place was chosen probably because it was central. 
There were two Meeting houses in town, though in an un- 
finished state, and a Meeting house frame on the Ministerial 
lot at this time. But there were powerful parties on the East 
and West sides of the town, growiug out of the location of 
the Meeting houses ; and this choice of Esquire Nickel's 
barn, was probably the commencement of a compromise 
which resulted in abandoning the Houses, on both the West 
and East sides, aud uniting in one minister and one House 
in the center of the town. 

Tlie matter of entertaining the ministers was left with 



MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 271 

the committee of arrangements. It was a new thing in 
the history of that town, and the people came from near 
and far, to witness it. 

1778. These times were Bevokitionary, the people poor, 
and corn was scarce. The subject of Meeting houses slum- 
bers; on the 21st of July it was again agitated in town meeting; 
but without success. The town had been dilatory in meet- 
ing their engagements with Mr. Whiting ; therefore an Arti- 
cle was inserted in the Warrant for a Meeting to be held 
the 10th of November, to see if the town would give Mr, 
Whiting the Ministerial lot, in lieu of his settlement money ; 
but the attempt failed ; the town could not legally dispose 
of it, in any such way. 

The times were hard, prices high, and Continental money 
was depreciating rapidly in value. Therefore, at a Jileet- 
ing held December 22, the town voted to add £50 to Mr. 
Whiting's salary. It was also voted to sell the old Meeting 
liouse on the West side of the town, and the Moderator, 
James Cargill was " Vendue Master. " It was sold at that 
meeting. David Somes was the purchaser. Price 835, five 
of which were paid that day into the treasi^ry of the town. 

1778. At the March meeting, on account of the scarcity 
of money, it was agreed to pay Mr. Whiting £50 of his 
salary, this year, in " such things as the town produces, 
and he stands .in need of, at the same price such articles 
went at when he was ordained ; " the year to begin " this 
day, " March 16th. They also decided to do nothing about 
a Meeting house " at present. " 

At a Meeting held May 28th, the town, in view of tlie 
deiJreciation of the currency, and the rise in price of 
articles, voted to give Mr. Whiting £220 in addition to his 
yearl}' salary which ended July 10, 1778. The vote gave 
dissatisfaction, and at a Meeting held the 2d of July of 
that year, an attempt was made at reconsideration ; but 
without effect. The town adhered to its vote. 1779, the 
town voted him the same amount. An attempt however 



272 HTNISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 

was made at a subsequent meeting to reduce this sum, but 
it failed. The town adhered to its former vote. 

July 7. Town voted to give Mr. Whiting X600 "in con- 
sideration of his- hibors, from July 1778 to July 1779," 
deducting from this sum, according to the time he had 
been absent from town. And in Oct. 26th, they voted ta 
give Mr. Whiting £150 for his labors, from July to the 10th 
of October, Mr. Whiting had as yet been paid in Amer- 
ican currency which had become almost worthless. And 
in May 24, 1780, the town voted to give him what was 
equivalent to =£80, lawful money. They however agreed to 
pay him his salary in articles of produce, at his own 
house, at the following prices : Corn per bushel, 4s, 8d ; 
rye, 5s, 4d ; barley, 4s ; peas, 8s ; English hay, 4.0s per 
ton ;' beef, 2d, 3f, per pound ; pork, 5.U1, per pound ; veal 
and mutton, 3d, per pound ; butter, 9^d ; sheep's wool. Is, 
9|d, and flax at 9|d, per pound. His wood came from the 
Parish lot ; and his friends and parishioners used to make 
a "bee" in winter and draw it to him, free of expense to 
himself. This was a most generous and necessary cus- 
tom ; and the people continued in this good way, even 
while I resided in Newcastle, a period of twelve years. 
Every winter, the men would willingly "turn out," and 
with their teams and axes, would, in a portion of a day, 
cut and draw me wood enough to keep^ my fires going 
the entire year. My heart is warmed even to this hour, 
for their acts of generosity and kindness. 

1780. On the 4th of September, the town voted to 
raise for Mr, Whiting, the sum of £4,800, old tenor, which 
was only equal to £80, lawful money ; and in March 1781, 
the town decided that Mr. Whiting's salary be the same as 
the year before. 

When Mr. Whiting came into Newcastle, it was with 
unbounded popularity and success. He was young, ardent 
and fired with a zeal for his country's deliverance and 
independence. He was received by a unanimous vote ; 



MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 27o 

the town beoaine Cougrcgational at his decision ; and 
whatever differences there may have been among the 
inhabitants respecting the location of Meeting houses and 
other causes, they were all united in him. The people 
thought they had got the right man at the last ; and a long 
and prosperous settlement was before him. But they were 
doomed to disappointment. Scaicely had five and a half 
years passed away, before he asked his dismission. This 
was at a meeting of the town held Oct. 3, 1781. But the 
town did not see fit to comply with his request. 

From the scanty records of those times, there evidently 
had been a growing dissatisfaction between Mr. W. and 
the people for some time. There had been difficulties 
about the salary ; and it is to be feared that Mr. W. hardly 
met the expectations and wants of the people, either as a 
minister or a man. 

The author of the "Frontier Missionary" Bev. Jacob 
Bailey, who preached for a time in Pownalboro, Me., thus 
delineates his character, "About the beginning of this 
summer," 1777, he writes, "one Whiting was engaged to 
officiate at the Court House," now Dresden. "This fellow, 
now 19 or 20 years of age, had been extremely notorious 
for his vicious and idle conduct, having first been expelled 
from the College, at Cambridge, and afterwards, it is 
reported, obliged to flee from the Seminai-y at Providence, 
for stealing the President's horse. He had been employed 
for some time as a schoolmaster in Kennebeck, but was 
represented as a person disposed to ridicule both religion 
and virtue ; yet pretending to a sudden and miraculous 
conversion, and assuming uncommon zeal in the cause of 
liberty, he is conceived to be the happy instrument of 
carrying on the blessed work of ruining the Church ; and 
though it is affirmed he boldly preached the sermons of 
President Davies and other writers of a sprightly and fanat- 
ical turn, yet he was highly caressed by our leaders, and 
extolled as an angel from Heaven, to preach the everlasting 
gospel." 



274 MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 

There is much more of the same sort ; and he closes 
Avhat he has to say about this man, in the following man- 
ner : "But Wliitiug was not the only Apostle of the Ken- 
nebeck. There Avas also one Aklen an Ana-Baptist 
preacher from Great Britain." 

Now whatever may have been the errors of Mr. Whiting's 
youth, or indiscretions after he entered the ministry, yet 
great allowance must undoubtedly be made for the Avarmth 
with which Mr. Baile}^ wrote, and the intemperate lan- 
guage that he used. Mr. B. Avas an Episcopalian ; and it 
is notorious that his sect, at that time, had no sympathy 
with the Eevolutionar}- Patriots ; he indulged in the 
bigotry of the party that persecuted the Pilgrims ; was no 
admirer of the Evangelical party ; and was evidentl}' 
chagrined that a younger and truer man than himself, 
should stand better with the Patriot leaders than the 
"Frontier Missionary" did. And still, Mr. Whiting was 
not the man of our choice; and as a minister there is 
reason to believe he had but indiflferent success. Reports 
unfavorable to his reputation undoubtedly reached the 
place ; and he was never settled in the ministry, alter 
leaving Newcastle. 

The Meeting house on the Ministerial lot had been 
framed and raised, but not boarded ; and in one of the 
autumnal gales which occurred in the latter part of the 
year 1781, Avas bloAAai down. Tlien the people upon the 
West side of the toAvn Avere left without a house of worship. 
The old one, first built in town, and built Avhen there Avere 
but few inhabitants, had been sold under the hammer 
of the auctioneer, for a trifle ; and this one, designed to 
arise from its ashes as a glory and a joy, Avas prostrated 
to the ground by the winds of Heaven. Though a short 
time afterAvards, an attempt was made, as a peace offering 
to the inhabitants at the Head of the Tide, to build one in 
the Woodbridge neighborhood, yet not till the year 1824, 
did the inhabitants on the Western side of the town see 



MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHUHCHES. 27-> 

the spire of a Meeting house point to Heaven in their 
midst. 

David Miirra}' at the Town meeting Jan. 1782, was 
a'ppointed to take care of the prostrated Meeting house 
frame. The only Meeting house that Newcastle then could 
call her own, was on the Eastern side of the town. 

Grcenleaf, in his Ecclesiastical Sketches of Maine, saj-s, 
that at the time of the ordination of Mr. Whiting, a small 
Congregational Church Avas gathered there, though, it 
became extinct afterwards. This appears more than prob- 
able ; for after the town's lirst refusal, Oct. 3, 1781, to 
grant Mr. Whiting's request for a dismission, the matter 
did not slumber. The request was again renewed Jan. 7, 
1782 ; but the town voted to adjourn the matter to a meet- 
ing, to be held on the 31st iust. At that time, the ques- 
tion came up, as stated in the Warrant, "agreeable to the 
result of a council." 

Now there had been a council, but it -svas not the action 
of the town ; and it must have been at the request of the 
church ; and there could have been no such request or 
action, if a church had not been in existence there. 

The record of Jan. 31st, states that Mr. Whiting was 
dismissed. This must have been an error ; he was not 
dismissed ; for in the Warrant for a town jNIeeting to be 
held the 19th of February there was an Article, to see if 
the town will "dismiss Mr. Whiting agreeable to result of 
Council, shewing two things ; that the Council had been 
held and advised a dismission ; and 2d, That the town had 
not yet complied with it. They however refused, at that 
meeting to vote Mr. Whiting's dismission. Immediately 
there was a protest signed liy Job Day and 27 others, 
against this action of the town. The}- state, in their com- 
plaint, that there were persons that voted in that meeting 
who were not qualified according to law ; and therefore 
the vote for dismissing Mr. AVhiting, was not legal ; more 
e.specially as it is against the result of Council and all 
Ecclesiastical authoritv. 



276 MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 

This protest was entered upon the town records. The 
opposition was too powerful. The friends of Mr. Whiting 
had acted injudiciously. Another meeting was called on 
March 7th. 1782, when the former vote was reconsidered 
and the second vote passed to dismiss Mr. Whiting, 
" agreeable to the result of Council ; " and he was 
dismissed. 

Thus the unhappy controversej^ is ended, though its 
influence is felt for a time afterwards ; and Newcastle is 
again without a minister. It had one Meeting house, but 
none to stand in it and pour out unto the people the waters 
of salvation. 

Mr. Whiting's legal connection with the people of New- 
castle, terminated March 7, 1782. And on the same day 
he addressed a very kind and fraternal note to them, in 
Avhich he professes the utmost friendship for them, and 
hopes " that with the dissolution of this relation all ani- 
mosities and parties which it has unhappily occasioned, 
may subside, and that from this date, the distinction of my 
friends and enemies may never be heard." 

Mr. Whiting had ceased laboring as minister among the 
people on the 13th of December previous, and the town 
settled with him for services up to that date. 

At a meeting held in June of that year, a vote was 
obtained to sell the Meeting house frame which had been 
raised on the ministerial lot, but had blown down, to the 
highest bidder, and it was accordingh^ done. 

1783. The town refused to do anythizig about getting a 
minister ; but in 1784, they raised a committee of three for 
this purpose. The two following years, they raisetl com- 
mittees for this purpose, but it is believed without mu(^h, if 
any success, in the object sought. In 1787, an unsuccessful 
attempt was made to induce the town to build a Meeting 
house ; but on the 7th of April, 1788, the town agreed in 
building one meeting house " on Mrs. Cunningham's land, 
on the North side of the County Road, at the West end of 



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Mr. Given's fence. " This was near the head of the Reach 
Road, and was the spot selected for that purpose l)y the 
committee that was chosen in 1772. Tliej however refused 
to raise any money, or do anytliing farther about the mat- 
ter, at present. But the foHowing August, this vote was 
reconsidered, and an attempt to build a meeting house near 
Mr. James Simpson's* failed, and so did the effort to roj)air 
the meeting house on the East side of the town. 

1788. This meeting house was destined to be abandoned ; 
and the feeling was increasing to unite in one meeting 
and one House. For, April 18, the minds of the town 
were so far harmonized as to pass the important vote : " To 
have a Meeting house built on the county road from Sheep- 
scot to Damariscotta, as near where the road parts, as 
there can be found a convenient spot for said Meeting 
liouse to stand on ; said Meeting house to be carried on by 
subscription, till the outside is finished ; and then the sub- 
scribers to sell the pews to pay for building and finishing 
said House, and if the pews do not amount to a sum suffi- 
cient to repay the subscribers for the same, " then each 
subscriber shall lose in proportion to the sum he has 
advanced. 

1792. The building of the House comme iced and went 
on slowly but surely and on the 7t]i of May, the work was 
so far advanced as to bring the town to the following 
decision : " Voted to have the preaching this present 
year in the new Meeting house, and at the Head of the 
Tide, where the inhabitants shall appoint ;" allowing thein to 
have preaching in proportion to the taxes they pay, and all 
who lived to the North and West of Jesse Cooper's and 
David Murray's should be reckoned with the Northwest 
Parish. 

In a former year, an attempt was made to divide the 
town into two Parishes, East and West ; the line to run as 



* Where the Committee of 1772 had located it. 



278 MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 

near the middle as may be. It would have been the better 
course, if the town could have so agreed ; for the town has 
two sides to it, and two villages, and it came to that, at the 
last. But, at that time, all attempts of that kind failed. 
At another time, when they could not agTee about the loca- 
tion of the Meeting house, some one proposed in Town 
meeting to draw a line from Damariscotta lower falls to 
Sheepscot falls, and that the house be placed as near the 
middle of this line as may be ; but this project failed. 

At a meeting held May 7, 1792, an attempt was made to 
sell the old Meeting house at " Vendue, " but it failed. 
Then, the town was desired to lend the glass and sashes in 
the old Meeting house to be put into the new one ; but this 
the town refused. But, however, they came at the thing in 
another way ; reminding one of the old proverb : " There 
is more than one way to kill a cat." The town did em- 
power Major John Farley to lend the glass and sashes 
which were in his possession to Samuel Nickels, Esq., that 
belonged to the town, and take his obligation to have 
them returned to the town whenever demanded, in as good 
order as when delivered. 

On the 5th of October folloAving, an unsuccessful attempt 
was made to sell the old Meeting house, together with the 
acre of land on which it stands, and also the sashes and 
glass belonging to the town, to the highest bidder. 

1794. The town during the years that had intervened 
between the dismission of Mr. > Whiting and this, had 
chosen committees for the purpose of securing preacliing ; 
but it is supposed generally with little success. They had 
sought for a shepherd but had not always been able to obtain 
one. Their desire and constancy are commendable ; but 
from 1753 to 1797, a period of 44 years, they had had but 
two settled ministers, and both of their pastorates were 
short. Who wonders then that at times they should get a 
little remiss in this respect? And are we astonished that 
their own Clerk has left the record, that in May of that 



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year, the towu was togetlicr to consult as to the action to 
be taken, in the case of a prosecution brought against 
them, for not having the gospel statedh' preached. Nath- 
aniel Bryant was chosen agent for the town's defence. 
That year however tlie services of Rev. Mr. AVilliams were 
secured for a time ; but how long he remained is uncertain. 
At the same time the town voted to build a meeting house, 
on the first high hill, to the Westward of William Waters. 
But this house was never built. The timber got out for 
the frame, was afterwards sold to Samuel Nickels at 9s. per 
ton. 

1795. April 6, the town got a vote to sell the old Meet- 
ing house to the highest bidder. Nathaniel Brj^ant was the 
purchaser. Price $37. Six month's credit given. The 
Meeting house was afterwards taken down and Mr. Stetson 
built a barn from the materials. The barn stood in the 
field to the East of the " old Myrick house. " 

1796. October 10, the glass and sashes were sold to 
different individuals all interested in the new house, who 
had one month's credit. James Caugill was " Vendue mas- 
ter," and Moderator of the meeting. Samuel Nickels was 
a considerable purchaser of the articles. 

At the time the town voted to sell the old Meeting house, 
they also appointed a committee, not inhabitants of the 
town, to examine the accounts for building the new one, 
and Thomas McClure of Bristol, Captain William Patter- 
son of Edgcomb and Mr. Lemuel Doe were the persons 
selected. They examined the accounts, made a fair state- 
ment of what each one of the builders had done and 
furnished, and rendered an impartial statement to the town. 
It was taken at the aj^praisal, and the house afterwards 
became the property of the town. 

The Rev. Mr. Pickle was preaching here at this time and 
when the town was asked to express their wish, as to 
whether he should be employed after his present engage- 
ment had expired or not, they voted to leave it to the 



280 MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 

Selectmen to Lire liiin or not, as they might thiuk proper. 
Mr. Pickle's stay was brief. 

1797. A memorable year. The committee for supplying 
the pulpit are chosen, and consist of Samuel Nickels, 
Samuel Kennedy and James Little. Fifteen years had 
passed away with comparatively little preaching ; the old 
Church had become extinct ; religion was low ; but a new 
Era had dawned ; the people were to be supplied with the 
gospel ministry, and the pulpit was not again to remain 
vacant, for the next quarter of a century. The llev. Kiah 
Bailey arrives in town ; his services are secured ; a church 
is organized and he has a call to settle. David Murray, 
Samuel Nickels and Thomas Kennedy are the committee to 
present the " Call " and receive the answer. It is in the 
affirmative. October 4th, Mr. Bailey is ordained and 
remains their minister twenty-six years. And when he was 
gone, others came and proclaimed the same Gospel in 
which he believed. 

The vote requesting him to settle, was pay May 10, on a 
salary of XlOO, and a settlement of £100. There were 51 
votes in his favor and 8 against him, Mr. Bailey's answer to 
the " Call, " was returned September 4, in which he asks for 
an annual vacation of four weeks, that he might visit his 
friends who lived at a distance from him. Mr. Bailey's 
father resided in Newbury, Vt., and Mrs. Bailey was a 
native of Newburyport, Massachusetts. The request was 
granted. The Church that was giithered consisted of three 
male members. The next year Mrs. Bailey and two other 
females united with it. 

Wednesday, October 4th, was the day fixed for Ordina- 
tion. Samuel Nickels, David Murray and Thomas Ken- 
nedy, were the committee of arrangements. The Churches 
represented wore near at hand. 

Kev. Ezekiel Emerson, V. D. M. of Georgetown, preached 
the sermon. His text was, II Corinthians, IV : 2. It was 
clear, scriptural, pungent and convincing. The sermon 



MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 281 

was printed in Pownalboro', by Laugliton iV llhoades, in 
171KS. 

In the Cliurcli records I liud the following entry, which 
commences thus : 

" Newcastle, October 4, 1797. In consequence of letters 
missive from the Town of Newcastle in conjunction with 
the pastor elect of the Church thus convened in an 
Ecclesiastical Council for the ordination of the Rev'd 
Kiah* Bayley, the following churches by their Pastors and 
delegates, the first and second church in North Yarmouth, 
the churches of Harpswell, Georgetown, Bath, Hallowell, 
New Milford and Bristol. Some members of the Council 
having previously met at Newcastle in order to regulate 
matters in the church there and examine candidates for 
admission, gave an account of their proceedings to the 
Council which were approved of, in consequence of this a 
church embody'* — consisting of some members of the old 
church there and some new ones. The Pastor elect having 
given ample satisfaction to the Council respecting his con- 
version, call into the Ministry and his knowledge of the 
doctrines of the gospel, the Council voted unanimously to 
ordain him and set him apart to the ministerial office in 
Newcastle, or wherevei' Providence ma}^ order his lot, and 
he was accordingly ordained and set apart by praj^er and 
the laying on of hands of the Presb3^tery. 

This is attested by Alex. McLean, Scribe to the Council." 

Mr. McLean was, at the time pastor of the church in 
Bristol. The Records after this are in the handwriting of 
the new pastor and clerk of the church, Rev. Mr. Bayley. 

The next entry is, their Confession of Faith and Cov- 
enant, sound, doctrinal and ample, which was adopted June 
4, 1799, and to which the following names were attached, 
which, I suppose constituted the church at that time. 



*I uow spell this uaine as I tiiul it ou the records — Bayley, 



282 MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 

Kiah Baylej, Pastor, Rosanna Little, 

William Keiinedj, Phebe Tufts, 

Johu Catland, Abigail Bayley. 

Thomas Kennedy, 
In the Church Records of November 7, 1852, I find the 
fcillowing entry which I transcribe as it is directly to the 
point and shows how interested this people were in the 
Maine Charity School. "Wednesday, Conference. — Had a 
good meeting. Dea. George A. Thatcher, Treasurer of the 
Maine Charity School, was present and contributed to the 
interest of the meeting. He thanked the brethren and 
friends of the Seminary who have subscribed recently about 
$500.00 towai'd the endowment of two professorships." 
"It is a fact worthy of remembrance that the Bangor 
Seminary had its origin with this church. The first sug- 
gestion, it is believed, came from Mrs. Bailey, the wife of 
Rev. Kiah Bailey, the first pastor of this church. The 
suggestion was taken up by Mr. Bailey and Father Sawyer 
(then minister at Boothbay) and by them followed up 
until b}' God's blessing, it resulted in this 'School of the 
Prophets,' from which many efficient and faithful ministers 
have already gone out to preach the gospel to famishing 
souls." 

"The first money paid into the Treasury' of the Bangor 
Theological Seminary, it seems was collected by Mrs. 
Bailey from the members of the Church in Newcastle. 
Let this be told as a memorial of her prayers and benev- 
olent labors as an encouragement to us to sow the incor- 
ruptible seed of God's truth, even upon a hard soil, being 
assured that in God's own time it shall yield a bountiful 
harvest." 

Mr. Bailey was a faithful preacher and pastor, strict in 
Church discipline, and during his ministry 82 members 
were added to his Church. 

When Mr. Bajdey was settled here, the town constituted 
the parish ; but in process of time, individuals, to save the 



MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 288 

payment of a iniiiistorial tax, began to poll off" from the 
parish, till at last, the number became so small that the 
minister's salary conld not be raised ; and in June 182o, 
the contract between him and the town was dissolved, 
inasmuch as they had failed to comply with the terms of 
settlement. In consequence of this, a council was called 
by the pastor arid church which met at the Academy, 
Sept. 24, 1823, for the purpose of taking into consideration 
the dissolution of the connection between Mr. Bayle}' and 
his people, liev. J. W. Ellingwood of Bath was chosen 
Moderator and Rev. D. M. Mitchell scribe. A committee 
of three, consisting of "Brothers W. Dodge, Sherman and 
Du. E. Haggett," were present to represent the church ; — 
the town had no delegate, but "as one of the parish 
assessors was present" — name not given — "he was desired 
with consent of parties, to make anj communication 
which he should think proper, relating to the subject under 
consideration." 

The Council after mature deliberation, came to the fol- 
lowing conclusion : — "Painful, therefore, as the consider- 
ation is of leaving this church without a Pastor we feel 
constrained unanimously to advise that the pastoral rela- 
tion between the Eev. Mr. Bayley and his church be dis- 
solved ; and we further advise that if the Rev. Mr. Bayley 
request of the church a dismission and recommendation, 
as a private member, to any sister church, the church com- 
ply with his request." 

Thus ended this ministry the last, I believe of town set- 
tlements in Maine. Mr. Bailey had been here twenty-six 
years and he had success in his work. The church was 
small when he commenced operations, but it grev\' under 
his ministry, and when he left it, the place it occupied was 
important among the Churches of Maine. Mr. N. S. S. 
Bern an, the preceptor of the Academy at that time, after- 
wards Bev. Dr. Beman of Troy, N. Y., was received into it 
May 14, 1808. 



284 MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 

Mr, Bayle}' took a deep interest in the "Maine Charity 
School," what afterwards became Bangor Theological Semi- 
nary, and did what he could for its prosperity and support; 
and on May 1, 1823, 1 find the church "Voted unanimously, 
that we consider it a privilege and a duty to unite, as a 
Body, in the great exertions which are making to build up 
the Redeemer's kingdom in our world ; and that as the 
Maine Charit}^ School is designed to prepare pious youths 
for the gospel ministry, we will raise for that Institution a 
sum equal to fifty cents a year for each member of this 
church which shall be paid to the collectors in May and 
September." 

It is still farther added, "And if any member is not able 
to pay this sum, it shall be paid b}- the other members." 

"If any choose to pay in any article of clothing, they 
may do it at cash price, and at one time yearly." 

"An}- who are willing may pay in an}' specific article to 
any larger amount, as they may think proper, and they 
shall give seasonable information to the collectors, that 
they may receive the same." 

"The church shall yearly appoint one or more collectors, 
to collect moneys and articles, to dispose of any that need 
to be sold, and to pay over the money and articles to the 
Deacon wdio shall forward the same to the Institution, as 
convenient, and take his receipt for the same." 

"Brothers George W. Nichols and Washington Dodge 
were chosen Collectors. 

Attest, KiAH Bayley, Pastor." 

Thus it appears that the Church in Newcastle was the 
origin of the world-renowned Institution, the Bangor Theo- 
logical Seminary. A noble mother of a Avorthy son ! 
Other churches have assisted, and other hearts and hands 
have liberally contributed in aid of this worthy object. 
But in Newcastle and in the mind of that highly gifted 
woman, Mrs. Bailey, originated the thought which has 
swaj'^ed the minds of thousands and will influence for good 



MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 285 

geueratioiis that are yet to arise. God be i)raise(l for tlie 
uoble enterprise ! 

At a meeting of the church held July 12, 1824, it was 
voted to extend a call to Mr. Sewall to become their 
pastor, which vote was afterwards concurred in by the 
parish. And on the 2d day of November following, the 
council, composed of ministers and delegates from neigh- 
boring churches, met at the house of Dea. Luther Webb 
for the purpose of examining the candidate and ordaining 
him to the gospel ministry which was done at the Meeting 
House the da}^ following. The services were performed 
by the following ministers, viz : Kev. Mr. Mitchell of Wal- 
doboro oHered the introductorj' prayer ; Rev. Samuel 
Johnson of Alna preached the sermon ; Rev. Jotham 
Sewall, Moderator, and father of the candidate, made the 
consecrating prayer ; Rev. Mr. Ellingwood of Bath gave 
the charge ; Rev. Mr. Chapman of Bristol presented the 
right hand of fellowship ; Rev. Mr. Adams of Woolwich 
gave the charge to the church and people, and Rev. Mr. 
Kendrick of Edgcomb offered the concluding prayer. 

Mr. Sewall entered on his work with spirit and success. 
The blessing of the Lord was upon his labors, and fruit 
was gathered where the seed had been sown. And not only 
was he interested in the cause of religion, but also in that 
of temperance. For at a ( -hurch meeting held on the 2()th 
day of September, 1832, the following pledge was adopted, 
viz : "We whose names are hereunto subscribed, do volun- 
tarily pledge ourselves to abstain entirely from the inter- 
nal use of ardent spirits, from trading in the article, and 
from furnishing it for the use of our friends and workmen ; 
except as a remedy for disease, and then only in such cases 
as a judicious and conscientious phj'sician would direct." 

This pledge was signed by the pffstor and thirty-one 
others, and before a great while the number had increased 
to more than sixty. A rule was also adopted about the 
same time with regard to the better observance of the 



286 MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 

Sabbath, to which an equal number of names were 
attached. 

On Saturday Jan. 25, 18.34, Mrs. Rosanna Little departed 
this life, aged 80 years and some months. She united 
with the Church June 4, 1799, and continued her relation 
to it, in faith and hope, till called to join the Church tri- 
umphant on high. Hers was the first female name upon 
the Church Records. A mother in Israel. 

Mr. Sewall continued with success in his labors till July 
29, 1839, when, at a Church meeting held at the house of 
Bro. Daniel Perkins he asked his dismission because his sal- 
ary was "inadequate to his support." The council called to 
consider the matter, met at the house of Mr. James Dodge, 
of which Rev. Enos Merrill was chosen Moderator, and 
Rev. D. Q. Cushman of Boothbay, Scribe. After prayer 
by the Moderator, the council proceeded to the business 
before them and here is the result of their deliberations. 
''The Council having patiently listened to the statements of 
the pastor and to those of the committees of the Church 
and parish, are of the opinion that the interests of religion 
will be promoted by the dismission of Rev. Mr. Sewall, 
and we do unanimously advise to his dismission." But 
nothing having appeared against his ministerial and chris- 
tian character, the "Council do most cordiall}- recommend 
him to the Churches as a faithful and beloved minister of 
Christ." 

Mr. Sewall was pastor of the Church about 15 years ; 
and during his ministry there, 65 persons were added to 
the Chui-ch. i^fter the parsonage was purchased of Capt. 
John Holmes he resided there ; and on the Sabbath he 
divided his labors between the two Meeting houses, one at 
Sheepscot and the other at Damariscotta. 

Mr. Edwin Seabiuy preached here for the first time 
Dec. 8, 1839. He was ordained pastor of the Church June, 
1840, Rev. Ray Palmer of Bath preaching the sermon. 
Rev. B. B. Beckwith of Castine giving him the charge, and 



MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 287 

Rev. S. C. Fessenden extending to him the right hand of 
fellowship. He was dismissed Jan. 10, 1844, " by a Council 
called for the purpose of advising relative to the expedi- 
ency of organizing a new church and the result of the Coun- 
<-il was as follows : — 

1. That it is expedient to form a new- Congregational 
Church in Newcastle. 

2. That the organization should be on the Danuiris- 
cotta side of the town. 

3. That the present pastoral relation existing between 
this church and Rev. E. Seabury be dissolved." 

Mr. Seaburj-'s connection with the Church had been suc- 
cessfal ; for it is stated that during the last pastorate 96 
members had been added to it. 

After the Church was divided, and during the parochial 
years of 1843 and 1844, no records were kept by this 
Church. They how'ever had preaching ; the desk being 
supplied by Rev. Mr. Morton of Temple. During the time 
of his continuance here, there was no special interest in 
religion, though there w^as general prosperity, and great 
harmony prevailed among the members of the Church and 
parish. In October, 1844, Mr. Morton left, and the Rev. 
David Q. Cushman, who, the yeixr previous, had preached 
in Richmond, by invitation, came to supply his place. 
He arrived on Saturday, Oct. 26. 1844, and the next day 
being the Sabbath, he commenced his public labors by 
preaching. Soon after that, he engaged with the com- 
mittee of the parish, to supply the desk for one year ; — the 
year commencing with the time wdieu he began his labors 
here. 

As the Cougregationalists owned but one-half of the 
house, and had preaching but one-half of the time, the 
intervening Sabbaths were spent in Bremen where Mr. 
Cushman preached about 8 j-ears ; and when he had com- 
pleted ids Avork here, he supplied the desk in Walpole two 
or three years. He remained in Newcastle 12 years and 



288 MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 

on Oct. 27, 185() preached liis last sermon, and afterwards 
moved to Warren. 

The pulpit after this was supplied to a greater or less 
extent by Eev. John Boynton of Wiscasset, Kev. Samuel 
Talbot of Alna, and Rev. W. B. Tliom])son, until Auojust 
19, 1866, who remained here about 5 years, when the Rev. 
G. B. Richardson was engaged and continued here till 
August 3, 1877. He then left, when he and his Avife were 
dismissed and recommended to the church at Cumberland 
center. 

The first parsonage together with land connected with it, 
was purchased of Captain John Holmes for $800, in 1832, 
and continued the residence of the ministers till May 5, 
1859, when it was burned, no one living in the house at the 
time. Captain Curtis' house which stood on the next lot 
south of this, took fire and burned up ; and the strong 
southwest wind prevailing at that time, carried the sparks 
to the parsonage, set it on fire and it was soon consumed. 

The present parsonage was formerly the old David Given 
place and was purchased and repaired by the Rev. Mr. 
Richardson in the year 1868 ; and two years afterwards, he 
sold it to Deacons Flye and Kennedy, for the sum of $1000 ; 
the two deacons gave their i)art to the Congregational 
parish, and so it now (1881), stands. 

May 26, 1872, the Rev. J. Haskell entered on his labors 
here and continued them till 1871:. On the 19tli of Sep- 
tember, 1872, he lost his wife, Mrs. Lucy J. Haskell, by 
death. He lived in the parsonage till November, 1873, 
Avhen having married, the daughter of Captain Moses 
Chase, he took up his residence there. 

Since Mr. Haskell left the place, there has been no stated 
preaching in the Church on Garrison Hill, and the dooi-s 
of the house have been kept closed. 

At a meeting of the subscribers to the New Meeting 
House, held September 8, 1824, the society was organized 
by the choice of Ebenezer Farley, Moderator, and William 



MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 289 

Carney, Clerk. A eoinmittee was then raised consisting of 
Solomon Hutchings, Hodge Woodbridge, Oakes Iluudlett, 
James Stevens, Lott Myrick, Thomas Kennedy and John 
Holmes, who were " invested with full power to direct as to 
the size and manner in which said house shall be built, to 
select a spot on which it shall be erected, and to contract 
and fix the price of all materials for the same. " It was 
also voted that " William Howard be agent with power to 
employ all the mechanics, and to superintend the building 
of said Meeting House." It was still farther voted : " That 
the committee commence the building as soon as they may 
deem it expedient. At a meeting held September 13, 1824, 
it was voted to " to build a house 44 b}' 54 feet, with a 
steeple, and in all other respects, like the Meeting House at 
Daraariscotta. " Nothing farther was done until the 30th 
of April, 1825, when another meeting was called and meas- 
ures taken to push forward the enterprise, and the house 
was built in the course of that season. And at a meeting 
of the proprietors held December 12, 1825, it was voted 
that " it be dedicated one week from next Wednesday." 
Aud at the same meeting it was voted, " That this House 
shall be dedicated a free House to all religious denomina- 
tion. " And at a meeting of the proprietors and pew- 
holders held October 12, 1833, it was voted " to apportion 
three-sixths of the time to the Congregatioualists, two-sixths 
of the time to the Methodists and one-sixth to the Baptists." 
This continued to be the arrangement till June, 1868, 
when the Congregatioualists became the owners of the 
entire house. Afterwards I tind this record : " On the 24th 
day of November 1868 was dedicated the Sheepscot Con- 
gregational Meeting house, the Congregational Parish and 
Society having last June purchased of the Methodist 
Society and others, their interest in said Meeting house for 
the piirpose of repairing and remodeling and of having it 
dedicated solely to the use of the Congregational Church. 
Attest Joseph Curtis, Clerk of said Corporation." 



290 MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 

At the dedication, the Invocation and Beading of the 
S. S., was by Rev. G. B. Richardson, the minister ; Prayer 
by Rev. Mr. Loring of Edgcomb ; Sermon by Rev, George 
E. Street, Wiscasset ; Dedicatory prayer by Rev. John 
Bulfinch, of the Second Congregationahst Church, Newcas- 
tle ; and Anthem b}^ the choir : "The earth is the Lord's 
and the fulhiess thereof." 

Pursuant to letters missive, a Council, consisting of the 
following ministers with their delegates, viz : Rev. J. Dodge, 
Rev. S. Talbot, Rev. S. L. Gould, Rev. E. Wells, Rev. J. W. 
Ellingwood and Rev. Mr. Morton, assembled in Congrega- 
tional Meeting House in Newcastle, May 22, 1844, at 10 A. 
M., for the purpose of forming a new church to be called the 
"Damariscotta Congregational Church." The minutes of an 
Ecclesiastical Council assembled in the Town House Jan- 
uary 9th and 10th, were then read, which council, it appeared 
unanimously voted, " 1st That it is expedient to form a new 
Congregational Church in Newcastle. 2. That the organi- 
zation be formed on the Damariscotta side of the town. " 
The minutes of the doings of the church in Newcastle, 
April 18, 1844, were also read containing a vote of the 
church to grant a request of ninety-four of its members to 
be dismissed from their body and recommended to this 
Council, to be organized into a new Congregational Church. 
The Council after due deliberation and careful examination 
of the circumstances, proceeded, on that day, to the organi- 
zation of the church. The parts assigned for the services, 
were : Invocation and Reading of the Scripture by the 
Scribe, Rev. S. L. Gould ; Prayer, Rev. J. Dodge ; Sermon, 
Rev. J. W. Ellingwood, Moderator ; Consecrating prayer. 
Rev. S. Tall)ot ; Fellowship of the Church, Rev. E. Wells. 
After the administration of the Lord's sujiper, singing and 
benediction, the Council voted to adjourn, having performed 
their duty, viz : the organization of a Second Church in 
Newcastle. 

Pursuant to letters missive, another Council, assembled 



MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 291 

at the Meeting House in Damariscotta, August 21, 1844, 
for the purpose of instalHng Rev, E. Seabury as pastor of 
the church which had lately been formed in this place. After 
prayer and due deliberation of the matter, the\' voted to 
proceed with the services of Installation. The parts assigned 
were : Invocation and Reading of the Scripture, Rev, J. 
Dodge ; Prayer, Rev. D. Q. Cashman ; Sermon, Rev. Eli 
Thurston ; Installing Praj^er, Rev. Ray Palmer ; Charge to 
the Pastor, Rev. E. Shepley ; Right Hand of Fellowship, 
Rev. E. F. Cutler ; Concluding Prayer, Rev. S. Talbot ; 
Benediction by the Pastor. 

Thus, this church had become duly organized, with its 
former pastor settled over them, and were now prepared to 
engage anew and heartily in the work to which the Master 
had assigned them. Mr. Seabury continued his lal^ors 
here till June 15, 1848, when a Council being called to con- 
sider the dissolution of the pastoral relation, came to the 
conclusion that it should be dissolved. There had been 
difficulties between Mr. Seabury and some of the members 
of his church, and the reason assigned for asking his dis- 
mission was, want of support. The Council however 
unanimously voted : " That this Council commend Rev. Mr. 
Seabur}^ to the christian confidence- of the churches as a 
minister of Jesus Christ in good and regular standing." 

Their next minister was Rev. Wheelock Craig. He was 
ordained here August 9, 1849. His prospects were good, 
and he promised to bt^ a faithful and successful minister ; 
but receiving a call for settlement in Massachusetts, and 
asking his dismission, a Council convened here November 
4, 1850, who granted, and commended him " to the fellow- 
ship of the churches as a beloved brother in the ministry, 
who retains their full confidence as a worthy and successful 
minister of Christ." 

The pulpit was supplied by Rev. Mr. Cole and Rev. D. 
F. Potter till May 1, 1851, when Rev. E. G. Cai-penter 
arriving, and having preached two Sabbaths, he received a 



292 MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 

unanimous call for settlement to which he gave an affirma- 
tive answer. Mr. Carpenter being obliged to be absent till 
the third Sabbath in June and his place during that time, 
was filled by Bev. Dr. Ellingwood of Bath. October 8, 
1851 was the day fixed for his installation. Invocation, 
Kev. Mr. Smith ; Prayer, Kev. Mr. Mortgridge ; Sermon, 
Rev. Mr. Craig ; Consecrating prater. Rev. Dr. Elling- 
wood ; Charge to the pastor. Rev. Mr. Balkam ; Right 
hand of fellowship. Rev. Mr. Cushman ; Charge to the 
people, Rev. Mr. WoodhuU ; Concluding prayer, Rev. Mr. 
Chapman, 

Mr. Carpenter continued his labors here with acceptance 
and success till September 20, 1859, when, having received 
a call from Aroostook County, and feeling it to be his duty 
to go there, he asked his dismission which was accordingly 
though reluctantly granted. The Council that dismissed 
him say, ''We cordially commend him to the Churches as 
an able, faithful and acceptable minister of the gospel." 

The Council that dismissed Mr. Carpenter, also ordained 
Mr.' Edwin B. Palmer to the work of the ministry in tliis 
place. He continued his labors here till February 10, 1802, 
when on account of ill health, having previously asked his 
dismission, a Council convened who were composed of five 
ministers and their delegates, and "having listened to the 
statements of the Pastor and Committee of the Church, 
were unanimous in the conclusion, while they deeply 
regretted his loss to the Church ,and themselves, that the 
state of Brother Palmer's health renders it expedient that 
he should be released from his duties here." 

For brevity's sake I can only say that, July 30, 1862, 
Rev. J. J. Bulfinch accepts a call to become pastor of this 
Church, at a salary of $650 per annum, and continues 
here till December 19, 1869 when his labors closed. After 
him came Mr. William A. Spaulding who was ordained as 
pastor at a salary of $1,000 a year, August 4, 1870, and 
continued till October 10, 1871, when he was dismissed by 



MINISTERS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 293 

a Council called for that purpose, as be wisliecl to become 
a Missionary under tlie patronage of the American Board. 
Rev. Wm. F. Obear succeeded him at "a salary of one 
thousand dollars and a house to live in." He commenced 
his labors January 7, 1873, and continued them till Octo- 
ber 24, 1880, when having received a call from the Church 
in AViuthrop, he terminated his labors here. 

At a Church meeting held January 9, 1831, it was voted 
unanimously to extend a call to Mr. Charles E. Andrews 
to become a pastor here ; and at a Parish meeting held 
January 12th, it was unanimously voted "to concur with 
the Church in extending a call to Mr. Charles E. Andrews 
to become their pastor, with a salary of eight hundred 
dollars, and the use of the parsonage, and to have a vaca- 
tion of three weeks annually." Accordingly on the 11th 
of October following the Ordination took place. The ser- 
vices were as follows : Invocation, Eev. H. C. Robinson ; 
Reading scripture. Rev. L. D. Evans ; Sermon, Rev. J. O. 
Fiske, D. D. ; Ordaining prayer. Rev. J. E. Pond ; Charge 
to Pastor, Rev. W. F. Obear ; Right hand of fellowship, 
Rev. W. R. Richards ; Address to Church and Congrega- 
tion, Rev. C. H. Pope ; Benediction, Pastor. 

Damariscotta Meeting House was a wooden structure 
built in 1824 and continued in the place where the Cougre- 
gationalists worshipped till 1848, when the Brick Church 
was erected on the Eastern side of the river road and 
near Damariscotta Bridge. The former Church stood upon 
the hill to the West, on the road that extends from the 
Academy to the Farley mansion and not far from the 
bridge that crosses the railroad ; and after the Brick 
Church was dedicated, this was sold to S. D. Wyman in 
1853 for $280, who took it down and rebuilt it near Dam- 
ariscotta Bridge, where it now stands, and has employed 
it in useful purposes ever since. 

The parsonage stands on the other side of the street 
from the Church, and was purchased in 1880 at a cost of 
$1,200. 



294 



MINISTEHS, MEETING HOUSES AND CHURCHES, 



METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 



The first preaching in Sheepscot by the Methodists* that 
is recorded, was in 1800. The first Class meeting that 
was formed, was in 1818 by Rev. John Briggs. The Par- 
sonage was built in 1858, at the cost of $1,500. The 
Clmrch being built, was dedicated in January, 1869. Ser- 
mon by Rev. Mark Trafton D, D. assisted by. Rev. C. L- 
Haskell, the pastor. The cost of the Church was $5,500. 
They have a morning service in this House, but in the 
afternoon the minister preaches at the Chapel in South 
Newcastle. 

The following is a list of the ministers who have sup- 
plied the pulpit in Sheepscot. 
Rev. Donuell, 



Rev. Young, 

Rev. Daniel Cox, 
Rev. Josiali Higgins, 
Rev. E. Scammon, 
Rev. Mark Trafton, 
Rev. Moses P. "Webster, 
Rev. Charles C. Crane, 
Rev. Daniel Clark, 
Rev. Nathan Webb, 
Rev. Sullivan Bray, 
Rev. Edward Brackett, 
Rev. Seth H. Beal, 
Rev, John G. Pingree, 
Rev. Ezra Sanborn, 
Rev. J. I. Brown, 
Rev. Elisha Chenery, 
Rev. Daniel P. Thompson, 
Rev. Edward Davies, 
Rev. Horace L. Bray, 
Rev. C. L. Haskell, 
Rev. W. L. Brown, 
Rev. G. G. Winslow, 



from 1832 to 1833. 
from 1833 to 1835. 
from 1835 to 1836. 
from 1836 to 1838. 
from 1838 to 1839. 
from 1839 to 1840. 
from 1840 to 1841. 
from 1841 to 1843. 
from 1843 to 1844. 
from 1844 to 1846. 
from 1846 to 1848. 
from 1848 to 1850. 
from 1850 to 1852. 
from 1852 to 1854. 
from 1854 to 1857. 
from 1857 to 1859. 
from 1859 to 1861. 
from 1861 to 1863. 
from 1863 to 1865. 
from 1865 to 1867. 
from 1867 to 1869. 
from 1869 to 1871. 
from 1871 to 1873. 



* Franklin L. Carney. 



LINCOLN ACADEMY. 295 

Rev. B. S. Arey, from 1873 to 1875. 

Rev. D. M. True, from 1875 to 1876. 

Rev. M. G. Prescott, from 1876 to 1878, 

Rev. S. L. Hanscom, from 1878 to 1881. 

The Baptists former!}' occupied the Meeting House one- 
sixth of the time, but they have no pubHc service there 
now. 

THE CATHOLIC CHUkCH. 

This year, 1799, the Catholic Church, erected on the side 
of the liill East of the road leading to the grist mill, was 
dedicated by Rt. Eev. John Chevereux, Bishop of Boston. 

In 1808, the present Catholic Church, the oldest church 
of that Denomination in Maine, was erected through the 
liberality of James Kavanagh and Matthew Cottiill, Esqs. 
They also donated the land on which the house stands, for 
that object. It is a plain, but substantial building of brick, 
and occupies a commanding and beautiful position on the 
road leading from the Mills to the centre of the town. The 
Catholic Cemetery lies on the North side of the Church. 

The Episcopalians commenced service here some seven 
years ago, and they now have their meetings in a hall fitted 
up for the purpose in a building, near Damariscotta Bridge. 



CHAPTER XXXIII 



LINCOLN ACADEMY. 

The earliest paper that I have been able to find, relating 
to this enterprise, is the following. It is a paper drawn up 



296 LINCOLN ACADEMY. 

and circulated for the purpose of buying a " piece of land '" 
on which to erect an Academy, " and for erecting the same " 
provided the General Court would grant a charter, and 
endow such an institution. It is without date, but was 
probably written about the year 1800. 

" Whereas, the good of the rising generation cannot be 
sought with too much care, as their usefulness in life, the 
happiness of their parents, the prosperity of society, the 
the stability of government and the interests of religion 
all depend in a gi-eat measure on their good conduct ; — 
Whereas, it is the indispensable duty of parents to make 
every exertion to give their children a good education, this 
being by far the best portion which they can give them. 
And whereas, Academies under the direction of good Pre- 
ceptors, are highly beneficial for the instruction of youth, 
useful to society in general and more especially as to adja- 
cent places ; 

" We whose names are hereunto subscribed, do engage 
and bind ourselves to pay the respective sums placed 
against our names, for the purpose of buying a piece of 
land, near Damariscotta Bridge to erect an Academy upon, 
and for erecting the same, provided the General Court will 
grant a charter for an Academy at said place and endow it. 

" The money subscribed to be paid to those who may be 
appointed Trustees of the Academy, one-half in six months 
from the time that the charter is given, and the other half 
within one year from the first payment." 

The first signature upon this paper, was Samuel Nickels 
of Newcastle, whose subscription was $100. With him 
were associated twenty-nine others, whose .subscriptions 
varied from six to sevent}- dollars ; the whole amount on 
this papeT was $889. 

A petition was sent to the General Court in accordance 
with tliis petition ; and on February 23d, 1801, the follow- 
ing charter was obtained. 

The 1st section of the charter enacts : " That there be, 



LINCOLN ACADEMY. 297 

aud hereby is established, in the town of Newcastle, iu the 
county of Lincoln, an Academy by the name of the Lincoln 
Academy, for the purpose of promoting piety, religion and 
morality, and instructing youth in such of the liberal arts 
and sciences as the Trustees shall direct. " 

Section 2d enacts, " That the Reverend Kiah Bailey and 
Samuel Nickels, Esq., both of Newcastle, the Keverend 
Jonathan Ward of New Milford, (Alna) the Reverend Alden 
Bradford and the Honorable Thomas Eice of Pownal- 
borough, (Wiscasset) the Reverend William Riddle aud 
Thomas McClure, Esq., of Bristol, the Reverend John 
Sawyer and Wilham MCobb, Esq., of Boothbay, David 
Dennis, Esq., and Mr. Mathew Cottrill of Nobleboro', the 
Honorable Henry Knox, Esq., of Thomaston, and Mr. 
Moses Carlton of New Milford be, and they hereby are, 
appointed Trustees of the aforesaid Academy, and they are 
hereby incorporated into a Body Politic, by the name of 
The Trustees of the Lincoln Academy, and they and their 
successors shall be and continue a Body Politic and Cor- 
porate by the same name forever." 

The section 3d enacts that they shall have a* common 
seal, have power to sue and be sued, to prosecute and 
defend iu civil actions, to appoint agents, &c., &c. 

The 4th section grants power to the "Trustees to elect and 
constitute such officers of the Academy as they shall deem 
necessary and convenient, and the making of orders, laws 
and rules for the good government of the Academy, and 
not repugnant to the laws of the Commonwealth. " 

The 5th section limits the number of Trustees to not 
more than thirteen and no't less than seven ; which last 
number shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for 
transacting business. 

The 6th section provides for the filling of vacancies. 

The 7th enacts, " That the Trustees aforesaid, and their 
successors, be, and they hereby are, rendered capable in 
law to take and hold by gift, grant, devise, bequest or other- 



'298 LINCOLN ACADEMY. 

wise, any lands, tenements or other estate real or personal ; 
provided, that the annual income of said real estate shall 
not exceed the sum of two thousand dollars, and the 
annual income of their personal estate shall not exceed the 
sum of seven thousand dollars ; and all deeds and instru- 
ments which the said Trustee may lawfully make, shall be 
sealed with their seal, and shall bind the said Body Politic 
and their estates, real and personal, under the name of The 
Trustees of the Lincoln Academy." 

Section 8th further enacts, " That if the said Trustees of 
the said Academy shall, within three years from the passing 
of this act, furnish evidence to this Court, that funds are 
secured to the use of this Academy by private donation or 
otherwise, to the amount of three thousand dollars, the 
said Trustees shall be then entitled to a grant of half a 
township of land from this Commonwealth, for the use and 
support of said Academy." 

The 9th section empowers Samuel Nickels, Esq., " to 
appoint the time and place for holding the first meeting of 
the Trustees, and to notify them thereof. " 

In accordance with the provisions of this charter, a sub- 
scription paper, dated Newcastle, December 20th, 1801, 
was drawn up by Rev. Kiah Bayley, and put in immediate 
circulation. The paper was signed by Samuel Nickels and 
fifty-seven others, whose individual subscriptions varied 
from five to one hundred dollars ; Init whose united sub- 
scriptions amounted to $1,226. This was in Newcastle. 
In Bristol thirty-eight subscribers were obtained, and while 
their individual subscriptions varied from five to fifty dol- 
lars, their united ones amounted to $741. This list was 
headed by Thomas McClure, Esq., signed $50. In Wiscas- 
set the subscription was headed by Captain William Nickels 
."$50, and with him thirty-three others, whose subscriptions 
varying from five to fifty dollars, amounted in all to $400. 
In Boothbay the subscription is headed by Rev. John 
Sawyer and with him are associated twenty-four others. 



LINCOLN ACADEMY. 299 

Tbeii' subscriptions vary from four to fifty dolhirs ; the 
highest is fifty dollars, and amount in all to $225. In 
Nobleborough from six individuals $170 was obtained. 
The highest subscription here, Captain John Borlands, 
was $40 ; the lowest was $20. In New Milford $141 was 
obtained from eleven individuals. The highest subscription 
here was Mr. Moses Carlton, $50. The lowest two dollars. 
All these subscriptions amounted to the handsome sum of 
$2,973. Besides this, land was given to erect the building 
on, to the amount of $50. The whole $3,023. In addition 
to those already named, I find the names of sundry other 
subscribers, among whom are, Henry Knox, Thomaston, 
$100 ; Mark L. Hill, Georgetown, $30 ; Alexander McLean, 
Bristol, $20 ; Aaron Eing, Edgcomb, 10 ; Peleg Talman, 
Bath, $10. 

Considering the value of money, the state of trade and 
the wealth of the times, our fathers entered into this enter- 
prise with wonderful spirit, commendable zeal and praise- 
worthy liberality. The towns around Newcastle, showed 
their interest in this matter by the promptness with which 
they responded to the call, and the generous contributions 
they made for this object. 

The sum of three thousand dollars required by the Leg- 
islature to be raised by private subscription, before receiv- 
ing State aid, was soon made up, and when this was done, the 
Legislature assigned them half a township of land from 
the Commonwealth for the use of the Academy. The 
grant was assigned from any of the unappropriated lands 
in the District of Maine, with the usual reservations. This 
resolve passed June 2, 1802. In November 1, of this year, 
the town was asked, but refused to give the acre of land on 
which the old Meeting house stood, near Col. Barstovvs, to 
Lincoln Academy, as a lot on which to place it. 

This appropriation by the Legislature, not being satis- 
factory to the Trustees, probably on the ground that it 
might be some time before the half township of laud would 



300 LINCOLN ACADEMY. 

be settled and become productive capital to the Academy, 
the Trustees petitioned the Legislature, by their committee 
raised for the purpose, of whom David Dennis of Noble- 
boro' was chairman, that instead of unappropriated wild 
land, they might have the " Gore " which lay between the 
Plymouth and Waldo patents. This Gore lay principally 
within the present town of Jefferson, though portions of it 
extended into other towns. The prayer of the petitioners 
was answered. The Resolve in aid of the Academy passed 
February 12, 1803, and the Trustees proceeded to sell out 
those acres ; and many of the settlers in that vicinit}^ now 
hold their titles to their farms from Lincoln Academy. 
There was however difficulty with regard to the Plymouth, 
Waldo and Drowne claimants, who pretended that their 
patents severally overlapped portions of this Gore, which 
was not settled till the year 1811. 

At the time of the " Great fire " in Damariscotta in 1815, 
the records of the Academy were entirely consumed, so 
that whatever is now known of its former doings, are the 
mere gleanings of these fleeting years. But it is well 
understood that the Trustees immediately went to work, 
and soon the Academy was in active operation. A lot of 
land was procured at the corner of the river road and the 
old road to Sheepscot, a few rods North of Mr. Elias 
Bailey's. In 1803, Enoch Perkins furnished timber to the 
amount of $27.90. At the same time, in July, Robert Rob- 
inson furnished timber to the amount of $27.42. By these 
charges I should judge these two men furnished the frame 
in the early part of 1803 ; for their bills Avere settled in 
July. In March 1804, Joseph Jackson received payment 
for 2,000 feet of clear boards, $32.00. These were foi- fin- 
ishing. The lot was donated by Alexander Little. In Feb- 
ruary 1805, $35.55 were paid Charles Clark for 2,000 feet of 
clear boards and for drawing them. The lock and handle 
for the door, cost $3.75. October 5, $1.20 was paid for six 
bushels of hair ; so that I conclude they were between two 



LINCOLN ACADEMY. 301 

and three years in building it. The stove was purchased 
November 13, 1805, and cost 808.60. Tlie first Treasurer 
was John Farley ; the second llev. Kiah Bailej'. The 
i)uilding was two stories, comuiodious and of good propor- 
tion. The reason Avhy it was situated in that neighborhood 
was that Mr. Bailej- resided near by ; the Preceptor and 
many of the scholars boarded with him, the lot there was 
donated by a resident there, and Mr. B. could have a con- 
stant oversight of the school. 

Daniel Haskell was the first Preceptor. He commenced 
school October 1, 1805, with forty scholars. The tuition 
amounted to $62. The second term commenced January, 
1806, and continued to May ; Number of scholars 32. 
Third term commenced May 22, and continued to Septem- 
ber 4 ; Number of scholars 46. Whole number of scholars 
118. AVhole amount of tuition for the year, $257.60. 
Daniel Haskell continued Preceptor two years, to Septem- 
ber 1, 1807. Among his scholars I find the names of Wil- 
mot Wood, Wiscasset, and Mobec Mitchell, North Yar- 
mouth, afterwards Congregational minister at Waldoboro. 
The second year began October 1, 1806, Number scholars, 
first term, 41 ; second terra, 45 ; third term, 35. Second 
3'ear ended September 1, 1807. Third year commenced 
October 6, 1807. N. S. S. Beman, Preceptor. Afterwards 
Rev. Dr. Beman, of Troy, New York. Whole number of 
scholars 99. The fourth and fifth years were taught by 
Mr. Beman. Among the names of his scholars, I find 
those of Jonathan Adams, James Cargill, Daniel C. Mor- 
ton, Joseph Sherman ; all of Avhom arrived to distinction 
among their fellows. Mr. Beman left at the close of his 
third 3-ear in 1810. Mr. Bailey delivered the Dedicatory 
Discourse of the Academy ; and the building continued 
standing there nearly thirty years, when it accidentally 
caught fire in 1828 and burnt to the ground. 

Mr, Wood was a. lawyer and resided in Wiscasset. Jon- 
athan Adams was a clergyman and preached in Woolwii-h, 



302 LINCOLN ACADEMY, 

Deer Isle and Boothbay. Daniel Morton was a minister 
and the Author of the lives of Mrs. Kiah Bailey and Rev. 
Levi Parsons ; and Mr, Sherman was a successful teacher, 
both in this State and in Kentucky. James Cargill, though 
short in life, made that life exceedingly laborious and use- 
ful. He was converted to God when a young man under 
the ministry of Rev, Kiah Bailey, When fitted for college 
he entered at Middlebury, where he remained until his 
second year ; then 1810, he came to Bowdoin, where he 
graduated in 1814. He was a very pious man, and exerted 
a salutary influence among his fellow students. He estab- 
lished the weekly evening prayer meeting which has been 
kept up ever since, and planted the oak tree in the College 
yard, in commemoration of the event.* He was looking 
forward to the Ministry as his chosen profession, but con- 
sumption, soon after his graduation, laid her cold, ema- 
ciated hand upon him, and the angels conveyed him to the 
land that was sorrowless and the home of the blest. 

At one time he was in company with Mr, Jewell, a Free 
Will Baptist minister, when conversation turned upon doc- 
trinal and denominational differences; but Cargill who 
valued the meat of the nut more than he did the shell, 
replied by saying in conclusion : "Bro, Jewell, names are 
nothing ; if you love my Jesus, you will do well enough." 

His dying words were singing the 122 Hymn of Watts, 
Book II: ^ , 

"My God, permit me riot to be 
A stranger to myself and Thee ;" 

This was uttered in a distinct and clear voice ; and 
when he came to the third stanza : 

"Call me away from flesh and sense 

One sovereign word can draw me thence ;" 

the spirit departed, and he stood the companion of Jesus, 
before the radiant face of God. 



* Hon. George Evans. 



LINCOLN ACADEMY, 308 

In 1829 the present Academy buildinf]; wiis erected 
where it now stands, to better accommodate the growing 
population in that vicinity and at Damariscotta Mills ; as 
it did not prove to be large enough for its intended pur- 
poses, it was enlarged on its western end a few years ago. 

It was a wise measure of the fathers to erect it, and it 
has proved of incomparable worth to the past and present 
generation. It also promises well for the future. 

The following is a list of the preceptors or principals of 
the Academy, in the order of their service, with other infor- 
mation concerning them. 

1. Daniel Haskell. 

2. Nathan Sidney Smith Beman. 

3. Harvey Talcot. 

4. Edward Hallister. 

5. Fiske, afterwards a college professor. 

6. Daniel Morton. 

7. Elijah Jones. 

8. Samuel G. Clapp. 
9. Bradeen, 

10. Freeman Bradford, deceased. 

11. Augustus F. Lash, a graduate of Bowdoin, deceased, 

12. James Drummond, a clergyman. 

13. Joseph T. Huston, Preceptor of Bath Academy, and Professor 
of Mathematics in the ship North Carolina U. S. Navy. 

14. Stephen H. Hayes, a clergyman in Maine and Massachusetts. 

15. Benjamin F. Mitchell, President of a college in Tennessee. 

16. A. B. Wiggin, Principal of the High School in Bath two 
years or more, and teacher in Saugerties, N. Y. 

17. G. Snow Newcomb, a resident of Kingston, Mass. 

18. Henry M. Pierce, L. L. D. , once President of Rutgers 
Female Institute, New York City. 

19. Larkin Dunton, Master of girls Normal School, Boston. 

20. Charles L. Nichols. 

21. A. P. Whittemore. 

22. J. Manchester Haynes. 

23. Granville M. Thurlow. 

24. W. H. Kelley. September 6, 1880. 
Preceptress of female department : 

Miss Anna G. Reed of Taunton, Mass., from 1846 to 1852. 



304 SCHOOLS FKOM 1753 TO 1882. 

Assistant lady teachers : 

1. Miss C. A. Stockbridge, resides iu Michigan, 

2. Miss Lucy Wells. 

3. Miss Anna O. Glidden, deceased. 
4- Miss Mary Page. 

5. Miss Nellie L. Goodeuow, resides iu Boston, 

6. Miss Emily D. Thurlow, deceased. 

7. Miss Amanda Weeks, resides in Damariscotta,. 

8. Miss Ada Webb. 

y. Miss Mary E. Hilton, 

10. Miss Emma Cook. 

11. Miss E. O. Pratt. 

12. Miss Mary P. Chapman. 



CHAPTEE XXXIV. 



SCHOOLS, FKOM 1753 TO 1882. 

Just liow luucli the towns, or individuals did for the 
support of schools during the earlier days of the town's 
existence, it is impossible for us now to say. The most 
we can gather at this late day, is from the Town Records. 
And these are exceedingly brief. There is only here and 
there a notice of the schools in them. During the provin- 
cial existence of the town, while education was not wholl}" 
neglected, there is reason to believe, as in most nesv coun- 
tries, it was lamentably low. And, after the incorporation 
of the town, the first notice I find of schools in the Town 
Records, was March 22, 1763. There is this entry : 
" Voted that we have no town schoolmaster this year. " 
By which, I conclude, that the town was one district, that 
they emplo3'ed one schoolmaster, and that they had both a 



SCHOOLS FROM 1753 TO 18S2. 305 

school aiul a school teacher previous to this year. The 
people were poor, much of the time ihero was border war- 
fare, aiitl political ditHculties began to thickeu. 

But after passing this vote, the town^-' " having fifty 
householders " was prosecuted for not having a public 
school. This brought the town to action ; and, instead of 
contending, tht^y threw themselves on the mercy of the 
Court and were discharged by paying costs, £1, 4s, 8d. 

Two years afterwards, in the Town Warrant for a meet- 
ing to be held March 6, 17()5, an article was inserted to 
see what the town Avould do about " employing a school- 
master to keep a town school this present year ;" and how 
much money they would vote to I'aise for that purpose. 
But the town decided to do nothing about it, at that meeting. 

However, at a meeting held September lltli of this year, 
the town agreed that Mr. Eleazer Hudson should teach "in 
this town or district, for one year from this ; and that his 
compensation should be £26, 13s, 4d, " together Mith 
"Board, lodging and washing." One half of the said sum 
should be paid at the end of six months, and the other half 
at the end of the year. They also agreed to pay Gs, 8d 
pe:' week for Mr. Hudson's " board, washing and lodging." 

Thev also arranged that the school should be kept on 
both the East and West sides of the town, in proportion 
to the " rates " paid that year. More definitely, they 
agreed that the school should be kept four mouths at the 
"Flankers,"'!' two months at William Cunninghams, or 
thereabouts, where a place convenient might be })rovided ; 
one month at the upper end of the towu| on Sheepscot 
river ; two months at Damariscotta Mills ; two at Abuer 
Perkins,§ and one month at Damariscotta river. 

* Record of Court of Sessions. 

t Sheepscot. 

I Woodbridge's neighborhood. 

§ Where Daniel Perkins now resides. 



306 SCHOOLS FROM 1753 TO 1882. 

October 4, 1706. Hngli Homes brings in a bill against 
the town, for the following items : " by " (to) " half a Cortl 
of wod when Master Shinger Cept school, £0, 2s, Od. 
July 20, 1767 ; " by " (to) "Maken sats and l)enches in the 
Meeting house for the school, 4s." So, I conclude that 
Mr. Faithful Singer, (for that was his name,) had succeeded 
Mr. Hudson as teacher of the town schools, and that the 
schools had been continued from year to year. 

The next notice of the schools, bears date October 27, 
1766, when the town " voted not to hire Mr. Faithful Singer 
as town schoolmaster for this town or district." 

March 10, 1768, Christopher Hopkins charges the town 
with boarding Mr. Leison, the schoolmaster, one month at 
5s per week, old Tenor XIO, £1, 6s, 8d. Hauling firewood 
£1. Hugh Homes also brings in a bill this year for wood 
for the school to the value of £2, 8d, which was allowed. 

August 22, 1768, the town voted to raise £40 lawful 
money for the su])port of schools, for the year ensuing this 
date. They constituted Richard Bowers, Lemuel Perkins 
and Nathaniel Rouling a committee for the Eastern side of 
the town, Avith power to employ a schoolmaster or school- 
mistress, as they may think proper, and to draw upon the 
town treasury for the support of the school. They also 
voted th;it Benjamin Woodbridge, David Hopkins and John 
Cunningham be a committee to provide a schoolmaster for 
the Western side of the tow-n, having power to draw upon 
the treasury for their proportion of the school money ; and 
that the peo])le at the Head of the Tide shall have power 
to draAV out their proportion of the school money to hire a 
school mistress amongst them. The town was practically 
districted by this arrangement. 

We now Dass on to March 14, 1769, when the town voted 
that Henry Hodge, Robert Koghern and Peter Patterson 
should have a school amongst thems(>lves, with power to 
draw uptui the town treasury for its support, in proportion 
to the taxes that they paid. These families lived over to the 
West of Crond)ie's Reach. 



SCHOOLS FROM 1753 TO 1882. 307 

They also chose John Phiininer, Saimiel Waters and 
John McChire a committee to [)rovicle a school at the "upper 
end" of the town. Tliis was makin^j; substantially five 
districts, all of which, it is to be sup})osed, were provided 
with teachers that year. 

September 4, 1770, the town voted to " continue " Mr. 
Moses Halman, " schoolmaster to keep school at X150, old 
tenor, per year ;" by which I conclude, that he had been 
en)plo3'ed there, previous to that time. 

The next year, March 12, 1771, the town voted to raise 
X30 for the support of a " town school or schools." But 
on March 11, 1773, they voted not to do anything about a 
town school that year. 

Nothing farther appears to have been done by the town 
in its ofhcial capacity for schools, until April 6, 1789, a 
period of 16 years, when the town again voted not to do 
anything about a school at present. A period of twenty- 
one years, from the time of the last school, passes away, 
when we arrive at May 7, 1702 ; then in defining the limits 
of school distiicts, the town voted that the inhabitants 
have liberty to class themselves for a town school and make 
a return of their doings to one of the selectmen, on or 
before the first day of June next ; and if the town, or any 
part of it, shall neglect to class themselves by that time, 
then the selectmen shall have power to divide the town into 
classes, as they shall judge most convenient. And that 
each class or district shall have power to employ their own 
schoolmaster, with the approbation of the selectmen. On 
the 2d of *Nevember, 1702, the selectmen reported to the 
town, that the inhabitants had failed to do anything about 
districting themselves, and that they had proceeded to do 
it. But the town failed to entertain the matter. 

The action of the selectmen seems not to have given 
satisfaction, and the people proceed to classify themselves. 
And on January 3, 1703, the town voted that tliis classifi- 
cation should become a law till the next annual meeting. 



308 SCHOOLS FROM 1753 TO 1882. 

April 3, 1793, tlie town 'voted tli.it the people should divide 
themselves into districts or classes, and make return of 
their doings betwixt this time and our next May meeting. 
The matter appears to have dropped here ; for I find noth- 
ing farther respecting this matter, in the records of that or 
subsequent years. 

In 1795, the town raised £30 for the support of schools ; 
in 179(5 $100, and 1797 $209, After this, the thing became 
established. Money was voted for schools every year from 
1792 ; and there \vas a generalincrease till 1801, when they 
raised $500 ; but in 1806 they dropped down to $300. 
But in the April meeting, an attempt was made to raise 
$200 more, Avhich failed. Then,, some friend of education 
had the town indicted for "neglect of schools ; " and they 
were required to answer that indictment before the 
Supreme Judicial Court, to be holden at Wiscasset on the 
second Tuesday of June, 1807. David Murray was chosen 
agent to defend the town in the action. That year $000 
Avere raised for the support of schools. 

May 10, 1799, the town voted that all persons between 
the ages of 4 and 21 shall be considered scholars by the 
selectmen. And in April 4, 1803, leave was asked, and 
granted by the town, to James Cargill and others, to build 
a schoolhouse on the town's land, on Garrison Hill. This 
is the first schoolhouse, that, I can find, was built in New- 
castle. The schools had been kept in different places, as 
convenience and interest might suit ; and at one time, it 
Avas kept in the partly finished Meeting House on the 
Eastern side of . the town, and Orchard Cooke Esq. was 
teacher. 

For the long time from 1753 to 1792 I find but a few 
years where there is any record of the town voting any 
money for the support of schools. And the records were 
then kept with great particularity and care. 

John McNear was the first Town Clerk. He continued 
in office from 1753 to 1757. He was a poor speller, a poor 



SCHOOLS FROM 1753 TO 1882. 309 

penman and a bad grammarian ; and his records an; brief 
and without beauty or finish. William MeLelland follows 
him in 1758, and continues in office till 1702. He was a 
beautiful penman, but his records are brief. Then comes 
John McNear again till 1706, when Samuel Nickels was 
chosen Clerk and continued in office till 1803. He was a 
good penman, correct in biisiness, and he lias left us a 
record worthy of the man and the position he held. 

And during all the years from about 1760 to 1792, and 
even sometime after this date, articles would almost invari- 
ably be inserted in the town warrant, to see what time the 
rams should be kept from the sheep ; whether the town 
would allow stallions over a j'ear old to run at large ; 
whether the hogs might run in the highway, they being 
properh- "yoaked and ringed ;" and what bounty the town 
would pay for killing a "grown wolf," but nothing was said 
about the children, or what provision these civil fathers 
would make for their hungry minds, a few years only 
excepted. Youth of this generation, we live in a more 
hopeful day. Improve your present privileges, or your loss 
and shame will be far greater than those who hewed 
down these forests, killed those wolves, and destroyed the 
Indians forever. It is to be presumed the}- did the best 
they could in the circumstances ; but they opened a path 
for you, which, though run with patience, will be crowned 
with glory. 

From 1808 to 182^ the amount of money raised, each 
3'ear, for the support of schools, was $500, excejit 1811, 
when $800 was raised for that object. In 1823, 1824 and 
1825, $000 was each j-ear appropriated for this purpose ; — 
in 1827 and 1829, $500;-f.om 1833—1837, $020 --in 
1840, $050 ; from 1842 to 1847, $700 ; in 1852, $820 ; and 
from 1854 to 1858, $1,500, This shows the estimation the 
town has had for its schools and what they have been 
willing to do for their support. And it has been money 
well invested. The schools have been prosperous, weU con- 



310 CLAM SHELL DEPOSITS. 

ducted, and greatly to the advantage of the phace. Here 
the children and the youth have laid the foundation of that 
education which has made them useful in life, mfluential 
among their fellovi^ men, and a blessing to those that shall 
come after them. Wide is the difference between them 
and those lauds where education is neglected, schools are 
not known, and the children are allowed to gi-ow up in 
ignorance, neglect, and barbarous customs and manners. 
May 5, 1821, the record stales, that "at a meeting held 
this day the action of the Selectmen was accepted by 
which the town was divided into eleven school districts." 
And on April 6, 181:1:, the town voted that the several 
school districts clicoje their own Agents. The town had 
done it before. 



CHAPTER XXXV. 



CLAM SHELL DEPOSITS. 

There is one item of antiquarian interest which I have 
scarcely ever seen noticed by any writer of our country, 
whether he be early or late ; and that is the clam sheD 
deposits which are found all along the coast of Maine. I 
know of several of them. There is one of them on what is 
called the Hawthorne farm in the town of Cushiug, once 
owned by Mr. Isaac Burton. It is a peninsula extending 
Southward into the St. George's river about ten miles 
below that part which "trends westward into the magne." 
The deposit is on the extreme southern end, on a beautiful 
plat that looks toward the sun, and was defended from the 
cold winds of the North and Northeast by the rising 



CLAM SHELL DEPOSITS. 311 

grounds in the ronr and the hc^av}' forests that overshad- 
owed tliem. Here the Indians had their encampment, 
raised their corn, and continned to Hve through untold gen- 
erations. The chim sh(41 deposit was near the: bank, 
helped to foriu the liaidc, and was from one to eight or ten 
feet deep. The whole deposit was about three rods wide 
and fourteen rods long. It is the accumulation of ages. 
Many of the shells, under the action of the plough and 
the harrow, and being exposed to the action of the weather, 
have changed entirely to a black mould ; and a vast num- 
ber of bushels are in the various stages of decomposition, 
from the perfect shell to that which is ground-to the finest 
dust. It makes capital soil ; and the seed which is cast 
there, whether it be corn, oats, potatoes or turnips, is sure to 
produce a plentiful crop. I have never seen better. It is 
the richest, surest, best part of the farm, by far. The 
river fogs moisten the crops in summer, and the influence 
of the salt water keeps back the frosts in autumn. The 
crop is as certain as anything can be. 

The bed of clams from which the Indians drew their 
supply was in a large cove to the North and West, at a 
convenient distance from the encampment and which 
helped to form the peninsula of which we are speaking. 

At the deposit of clam shells, various Indian imple- 
ments, such as stone axes, pestles, gouges, arrowheads 
have been found — also calcined stones, ashes and all the 
marks of tire. Their wooden and skin furniture and 
apparel, have all vanished. Substantial articles or parts 
of them onh' remain. Here they spent their winters, and 
when the cod and whale fishery could not be pursued, they 
resorted to the clam banks for food. These never failed 
them. In the spring they went up river and caught salmon 
and shad, and at other seasons of the year they pursued 
the game ; but the immense number of clam shells proves 
incontestibly the grand gathering point, and where for 
untold years they lived and died. All thoughts and talk 



312 CLAM SHELL DEPOSTTFT. 

about their cities, are dreams and idle words. They had 
lio cities. Their birch or loo; canoe was their fishing boat 
and ship of commerce ; the bow and arrow their weapon 
of defence, and honses made of poles, birch l)ark and 
skins, were their castles and places of abode. At certain 
seasons of the year they migrated, and at others they 
hibernated in these rude structures, and spent their time 
to but little more ]uir]30se than the bear who passes his 
winters by sucking his paws. Few only of their works 
remain. 

In the town of Bremen, on a farm owned by Mr. Jacob 
Keene is another of these clam shell deposits. It is not 
so extensive as that in Gushing, yet it is near the water, in 
a fine, sunny, warm place, at the edge of the river looking 
Southward, near a spring of water, aud defended in the 
rear by rising grounds and dense forests. Mr. Keene tells 
me that in some places it is ten feet deep — that the bank 
is actually raised by it — that Indian implements have been 
frequently found there, and that the soil is excellent for the 
production of almost any crop. Excellent corn grew 
there in the summer of 18G3. I have examined the local- 
ity and can attest the truth of these statements. It was 
fine camping ground and the clam banks were not far 
distant. 

Two miles above this, at Broad Cove, on land once 
owned by Mr. Benjamin Palmer, is another of these col- 
lections. It is to the East of the creek where the Indians, 
in the last century, fired upcm the canoe, in which were 
William Hilton and sons and killed some of them. 

On the upper end of Loud's Island, formerly Muscon- 
gus Island, is found another of these beds of clam shells. 
It was once undoubtedly quite extensive ; but the most of 
the bank containing it, has been washed ivxay by the 
heavy seas that roll in, during Southeasterly storms, from 
the broad Atlantic. Here are found calcined stones, and 
other marks of fire, and the summer of 1863, an Indian 



OiM 



CLAM SHELL DEPOSITS. 31;'. 

skeleton was seen protruding from the bunk. The dirt 
had been washed away around it— a woman with a spade 
pushed it to the bottom of the bank, when; it lay till the 
action of the weather and the high tide scattered it 
beyond recovery. "Lo ! the poor Indian !" 

He may have been a warrior or he may have been a 
king, a prophet or a priest ; it matters not now ; there is 
none so poor as to do him reverence. Men smile as they 
look upon his bones, and feel satisfied that the race has 
passed away. 

On the Eastern side of the Sheepscot river, at that nar- 
row passage called the "Gutt," is another of these clam 
shell deposits. The spot chosen for encampment was sim- 
ilar to the others described ; — on the bank, and near the 
mouth, of a river ; never in the interior ; with fresh water 
at hand, and an easy water communication in different 
directions. The spot was level and sunny, looking South- 
ward, and defended from the cold raw winds which swept 
down from the interior. The clam banks were near. 

At other localities there are similar deposits ; and 
wherever they are found they prove the headquarters of 
numbers of Indian families, probably of a tribe, through 
many generations. 

O Y S T J: R S H i: L L D E P O SIT 1 N N E W CAS T L E . 

And these facts serve to dissipate the theories of the 
formation of the Oyster Shell Deposit, at the "indraft" in 
Newcastle, on the Damariscotta river. On that rich and 
beautiful peninsula, was their encampment. Here they 
lived, and died, and were buried. All the marks of savage 
life found at clam shell deposits are found here. In this 
place they cooked and eat their oysters ; and the shells 
were carried out' and deposited in a precisely similar man- 
ner that the Indians did the clam shells at the mouths of 
the various rivers. 

But where did they get their oysters ? In the stream 



314 CLAM SHELL DEPOSITS. 

tliat ran by their place of settlement in the large bay above 
and in Oyster Creek wliich enters into this bay on the 
eastern side. Here they used to be found in abundance, 
but when the mills were put upon the river, which was 
done at an early period of the settlement, they were killed 
out. An occasional one is now found ; and Captain Samuel 
Glidden who was born upon this point, and till within a 
short time (1852, when this was written) owned and resided 
here, has told me that within the period of his remem- 
brance a bushel of oysters have been taken out of this 
creek in a single tide. 

The quantity of oyster shells, though large and for 
amount unequalled in any of these Eastern parts, and 
found in different places, have been over-rated by Dr. Jack- 
son, State Geologist and others, and their origin has some- 
times been strangel}^ accounted for. The soil under them is 
precisely like that above and around them, showing that 
thev were first thrown upon the ground and at the edge of 
the bank, and that the dirt, in some places, in the lapse of 
time, has been able to cover them. The chief deposit is at 
the Eastern point on the bank of the river and opening 
into the bay above, and on the Northern point upon the 
bny, and opposite to the island where was their place 
of interment. There is a small per centage of clamshells 
among them. The bones of liuman beings, of birds and 
animals, wood ashes, cinders and stones, Indian implements 
and other things of interest and, useful to man, have been 
found among them. Fresh water in abundance is found 
in the vicinity; and in this beautiful locality, almost 
une(]UMlled in Maine, was no doubt tlie headquarters of a 
large number of Indians and others, througliout untold gen- 
erations. And as the time was long wlien these inhabitants 
resided here, and there were many of them, with these 
oyster deposits close at hand, it is (\isy to see how these 
banks were heightened and enlarged when the meat was 
taken out and the shells no longer in use, were thrown upon 



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CLAM SHELL DEPOSITS. 315 

them. There they lay and the piles increased through 
untold generations, precisely as the clam-shell deposits 
increased at different places upon the sea shore. The clam- 
shells being smaller, of course would not so increase in 
heaps as would the oyster shells when thrown away. 

It is supposed by many that in this vicinity was the lost 
" city of New England " called Norumbega, or the ancient 
city of Arumpeag which is thought to mean the place of 
men. And on an island in the beautiful bay above, tradi- 
tion says, was the place where they used to bury their 
dead. The oysters, the spring fisheries above of shad and 
alewives, the pleasant location, and the excellent soil as 
well as a good territory for hunting, made it a place of attrac- 
tion and a cheerful abode for all who were disposed to 
locate themselves there. And beyond question large num- 
bers made it the desired place of their habitation through- 
out successive centuries. 

AVhen the settlers first came to these parts, vessels used 
to come from the Westward to dig for oysters and carry 
them away and they found it a profitable business. But 
as soon as the thick deposit of saw dust which constantly 
came down from the mills situated above that the English 
erected there, began to accumulate on the bottom, and 
sunken slabs and other lumber increased, the breathing 
holes of the oysters were stopped, their sustenance was cut 
off and they perished. 

In Sheepscot river, above the Falls, I have myself seen 
oysters that were taken from the bed of the channel ; and 
in Oyster river, in Warren, oysters were formerly found ; so 
that the necessity which some have felt of supposing that 
the oyster banks on the Dainariscotta, was the result of some 
mighty action of the earth, either in throwing them up from 
beneath, or bringing them from afar, is unsatisfactory and 
absurd. And equally ridiculous is the idea that the 
Aborignes at their annual festivals, brought them from afar. 
They were not accustomed to do things in this way. 



316 CLAM SHELL DEPOSITS. 

If the oyster deposit was laip;e, it is to be remembered 
that the oyster shell is laro;er tlian the clamshell ; and that 
the same number of oysters would create a heap much 
faster than the clams would. Many of these shells are in 
a remarkable state of preservation. Though their cubical 
contents have been over-estimated, yet they are numerous ; 
and a visit there, from a reasonable distance, will amply 
repay the trouble. 

Off the coast of Bristol and Bremen, are two islands 
lying in range of each other, of about 6 miles in length. 
Those best informed, suppose them once to have been one 
island ; for they are now connected by a bar on which foot 
people can cross, from one to the other, at low tide. The 
northernmost island is now known as " Hogg Island, " and 
the Southern one is called Loud's Island, formerly Mus- 
congus Island. Within the memory of man, there was on 
the North end of Loud's island a pond of fresh water con- 
taining eight or ten acres, where reeds, rushes and flags 
used to grow, and where the black duck and snipe used to 
make their nests and rear their young. This pond is now 
level, much diminished in size, mostly filled up and desti- 
tute of water, and covered with sand blown in from the 
beach, about one foot in thickness. Under that is muck 
and mai'l of unknown depth, which the inhabitants dig up 
and use for enriching their lands. This place is now 
protected from the ocean by a wall of sand and small 
stones raised by the wind and forced up by the waves. 
Outside of this, and to the North of it in the direction of 
Hogg island, once extended a point of land covered wit4i 
trees. When these trees were cut aAvay, and the roots 
which protected the bank, had decaj-ed, the land began to 
give way under the action of the waves. This point of 
land was on(!e an Indian Burying Place ; and something 
more than sixty years ago, there? came a violent storm 
which washed the greater part of this point away, uncover- 
ing Indian skeletons, human bones, brass beads, earrings, 



CLAM SHELL DEPOSITS. 817 

metallic and stone axes, tlint stones, ari'ow heads, in almost 
numberless quantities. The specimens carried away have 
been almost endless, and some are found there at the 
present time. The sea has also done its part in carrying 
away these relics of the dead. About twenty acres have 
been washed away within the memory of man, and witli it 
the entire cemetery of these sons of the forest. At the 
present rate of decrease, the entire upper end of this island 
will be gone, before a hundred years shall roll away. In 
one instance, the skeleton was found by a man digging for 
sand, in an upright position, with a brass kettle over its 
head. The hair had grown out long, and had changed from 
black to the color of copper. Other brass kettles have 
been taken from the same locality. One was kept for some 
years by an individual, who, having no use for it, sold it 
to a blacksmith. He Avorked it up into skimmers. Was 
not that a bright thought? He certainly had the idea of 
utility, and showed that he had quite as much respect for 
the wants of this generation as he did for the burial places 
of the dead. 

The inhabitants from the main land oftentimes go to this 
old hallowed spot, for the purpose of getting sand ; and 
occasionally they dig up human bones, beads, etc., though 
they are growing quite scarce. Directly over, on the other 
side of the point, was the Indian settlement, as is indicated 
by debris, calcined stones, rich soil and a clam shell 
deposit. This was about two feet in thickness, mostly 
covered with a hard turf and underneath is a sandy loam 
of reddish color. The shells have been undisturbed, and 
unbroken. The strip however is narrow, as at least three 
rods in width have been carried away by the violent storms 
and heavy seas that come rolling in from the broad Atlan- 
tic. Unless stopped by a heavy sea wall, raised by the 
hand of man, the entire Northern end of this island will 
soon be among the things that once were ; and then, all 
Indian greatness and life, and manners and relics too, to- 



318 CLAM SHELL DEPOSITS. 

getherwith the ancient pond, will be searched for here in 
vain. Not a great while since an Indian skeleton was found 
here which a woman dug out with a shovel, when it rolled 
to the bottom of the bank, and she left it 

"Alone in its glory." 
Nearly a mile to the South of this, is another place, where 
Indian bones and relics have been frequently found.* 

THE MYSTERIOUS CORAL, 

On the 6th of September, 1864, I was at the house of 
Thomas Nelson, Esq., in Alna, who lives just below the 
" Bend " in the Sheepscot liver. He- showed me some 
specimens of pure coral which had been taken from a locality 
just across the river, from where he lived. Stepping into a 
small boat, we paddled across the narrow stream, and visited 
the spot from whence it was taken. The bank is quite 
steep and rises to an elevation of a hundred and fifty feet,, 
and is no place for a settlement neither for farming nor til- 
lage land. Mr. Nelson's attention was attracted to the place, 
by observing his cattle to go there, and stop, and look, as 
though they saw something unusual. He went himself and 
found a stone of old coral, or rather of limestone, about 
two and a half or three feet square, and five inches thick, 
a slab, with small pieces of broken coral imbedded therein, 
and forming part of the stone. He broke the stone into 
small pieces and carried some of them, as curious speci- 
mens, to his house. I collected^ all I wished for myself, 
and we left many portions on the ground. Examination 
showed the origin of the stone. It was the work of the 
coral insect, made in torrid climes, under the sea, and the 
predominant ingredient, was carbonate of lime. Now the 
question is, who carried that stone there ? What part of the 
world did it come from and when ? How came it to be left 
in this obscure place ? That it is was the work of human 

*Capt. Loud. 



CLA.M SHELL DEPOSITS, 319 

hands, there can belittle ilonbt ; for there is no other stone 
of like kind, nor ever has been, to be found in this vicinity. 
The place was a granite formation, covered with sundy 
loam, and common stones lyinj^ promiscuously all around. 
The corals of commerce are generally small specimens, 
easily handled and easily carried ; but here is one that 
would require two men to carry it, and then they must 
move with care. That it was brought here by water, in a 
boat, there can be little doubt ; but why be transported 
here at all? and why be left, after it was brought here? 
Who will solve the mystery ? 

Mr. Nelson has several s])ecimens, and kindly gave me 
one, which are all open for the inspection of the curious. 

STONE RELICS. 

Stone relics have been found at Sheepscot. On the farm 
of Augustus Averill who lives about one-half mile North of 
Sheepscot Bridge, there was found by him, as he was 
ploughing, not long since in his field, some antiquities of 
this kind. One was a stone^ about 14 inches in length and 
4 or 5 in diameter, with both ends terminating in an oval 
form. Its proportions were exact and made in the most 
mathematical manner. It was a mind well educated in this 
business that formed it. There were also found cutting 
instruments in the hatchet or rather chisel form Avitli a 
perpendicular handle, all of one piece, so constructed as 
to perform the service of the chisel or the axe when 
employed in the service for which it was designed. When 
they were made, or by whom, and how long they have been 
buried there, who can tell? They were unquestionably 
designed for some useful purpose, and by a people not 
acquainted with mining or the use of iron tools. 

Captain William Chase who lives at the Southern point 
of the "town necke," has in his possession a considerable 
number of metalic relics left there by the earliest settlers 
when they abandoned their homes and fled to save their 



320 CLAM SHELL DEPOSITS. 

lives. A stone with particular marks upon it, was found 
bj liim and used with others for the foundation of his 
house. 

THE BARK SUNBEAM. 

The bark Sunbeam was built in the summer of 185-, at 
Damariscotta Mills, and her builders and owners were Cap- 
tain Edward Lincoln and Jose])h Haines, merchant. Late 
in the fall she sailed for Havanna, Captain Lincoln having 
on board his wife and only daughter, a little girl about — 
years of age. On the return voyage, bound for Philadel- 
phia, the vessel struck on the sand, a little to the South of 
the Capes of the Delaware, and near the boundary line 
which separates the States of Maryland and Virginia. The 
evening before the vessel was cast away, the Captain and 
his little family sat up late, making preparations for land- 
ing, and all were jubilant at the thought of reaching Phila- 
delphia, the next day. But about four o'clock in the 
morning they were awakened from their slumbers, by the 
thumping of the vessel upon the shore. They just had 
time to escape from_ their bertlis and the cabin before the 
the vessel filled, leaving everything behind them. Mrs. 
Lincoln escaped in her night clothes, and with her husband 
and child ascended the mizzen rigging, the sea making a 
clean breach over the hull of the bark. It was ou the 
morning of the 17tli of March, and the waves beat and the 
winds blew pitilessly upon that helpless crew and the 
beautiful vessel that was to bear them up for a time. By 
some means they contrived to cut the mainmast away which 
fell into the fore rigging. Hither the crew ascended and 
were safe. But the child of Captain L. survived the terrors 
of the storm till towards noon, when, chilled with wet and 
cold, it died, and was swept from its father's arms into the 
sea and found a watery grave. Its body was never recov- 
ered. The mother, overcome with fatigue, and cold, soon 



CLAM SHELL DEPOSITS. 321 

after fell off aud was drowned. The father, then appear- 
ing to lose all fortitude, and overcome with the heavy 
calamity that had befallen him, as well as snttering the loss 
of strength, perished and fell into the sea. The Avaves 
were so violent, that the crew Avere unable to reach him or 
render him the least assistance. The bodies of Captain 
L. and wife were afterwards recovered. They were estima- 
ble people and both were members of the 2d Congrega- 
tional Church in Newcastle. When the tide went down and 
the storm had abated, the crew and the mates were enabled 
to make their escape to the shore. 

A BARX BURNT. 

At eight o'clock in the evening of October 7, 1856, a 
large barn belonging to Nathaniel Bryant, situated between 
Dr. Call's and Captain F. Hopkins, and containing about 
twenty tons of hay and farming utensils, was consumed by 
fire. How the fire originated, is a mystery. Probalilj' a 
pipe. Loss $700. Insurance $400. 

SINGULAR STATE OF THE WEATHER. 

During four or five days about the 20th of July 1856, 
the heat was intense, the thermometer rising to the neigh- 
borhood of one hundred degrees, and in some instances, 
even above that figure. Then it changed, and a wet season 
ensued. The sun was scarcely seen for fifteen days, there 
being immense quantities of rain and fog. A large amount 
of hay which had been cut, some in bunches and some in 
swath or spread out, was nearly spoiled. The crop was 
uncommonly large, but was on this account greatly 
diminished in value. At the end of that time the sun 
broke out, when the people were enabled to get their hay, 
such as it was. Since that time, the weather has been 
exceedingly wet and cold. And at the present time of 
writing, August 26th, a brisk fire is burning in the stove 



^)22 CLAM SHELL DKPOSITS. 

und for two nights there has been quite a frost. The liay 
has not been all gathered yet, especially that on low lands, 
and some on high lands. But the feed in the pastures has 
been excellent. There has been also an uncommon amount 
of thunder and lightning. 

P. S, Many meadows and swamps that fall were not 
cut, because they were so overflowed that the men could 
not get on them. And the haying was not completed till 
late in September. The potato crop was greatly damaged 
by the rot. 

THE "APPLE S 1' O II Y. " 

Boston, May 31, 1881. 

To , Esq. My Dear Sir : In compliance with 

your request I send you herewith a sketch of the " apple 
story, " referred to in your note of the 12th inst. 

It so happened that when I was about nine 3^ears of age, 
I spent a summer at Lincoln Academy, Newcastle, Maine. 
The Preceptor at that time, whose name I do not now 
recollect, was the immediate successor of Preceptor 
Beaman, afterwards widely known as Rev. Dr. Beaman, 
Pastor of a Presbyterian church in Troy, N. Y. Two 
years previous to the time of which I am now speaking, I 
spent one summer under the tuition of Dr. Beaman. Dur- 
ing a certain forenoon, the Preceptor first named, espied 
one of the boys taking a bite of an apple, his face being 
half concealed by the lid of the desk. This led the Pre- 
ceptor to inquire about the apples, for there were several 
in the boy's desk, how he came by them, and if any other 
boys in the school had the like, when it appeared that the 
apples had been taken from Major Farlej-'s orchard with- 
out his knowledge or consent, and that about one-half a 
dozen boys including myself were involved in the then not 
uncommon trespass. On learning the facts of the case 
the Preceptor gave directions to all of us to keep what 
remained and come to him with them at the close of the 



CLAM f^HELL DEPOSITS. '.^'lo 

moniiijg session. At noon all of us were on liuiul with our 
apples, in front of the Preceptor's desk. He was very 
kiud and gentle with us, but did not fail to give us to 
understand that we had done wrong, in that we had 
appropriated to our own use the property of another witli- 
out so much as asking his consent. To all of which we 
could make no reply. The Preceptor then directed that 
all the apples that remained be put into the most capacious 
satchel among us, which he himself selected and that we 
all proceed with theiu to Major Farley's residence, state the 
case to him, and ask his pardon. The largest boy, prob- 
ably twelve or thirteen years of age, was charged b^' the 
Preceptor with the duty of making confession and asking 
pardon in behalf of all of us. The day was warm, and as 
we trudged along the highway the satchel of apples was 
changed from one to another, so that the load was not 
especially burdensome to any one. As we drew near the 
house, there was a httle uneasiness all around, as to what 
kind of a reception we should meet. Would Major Farley 
frown upon us? Would lie call us hard names? Would he 
threaten us and forbid our ever again coming near his 
orchard ? But almost before we were aware of it we had 
turned into the lane, covered with tan bark, leading down 
to his house. There sat Major Farley, calm" as a summer 
evening, at an open window facing us, wondering no doubt 
what could be the errand of these young lads. When 
arrived at the house, and standing outside the window, 
mutual salutations were exchanged, when the boy who was 
to be spokesman, with much self-possession, and in fitting 
terms, informed him of our offence, and stated that we had 
come by direction of the Preceptor of the Academy to 
return what apples remained and to ask his pardon. The 
expected and much feared crisis had now arrived, and the 
question was to be solved, whether we should return to the 
Academy filled with shame and self-reproach ; or with 
buoyant tread and lightened hearts. 



324 CLAM SHELL DEPOSITS. 

Never shall I forget that important moment, when, with 
all the dignity of a Judge, and in tones of greatest kind- 
ness Major Farley replied: "Young gentlemen, it gives 
me very great pleasure to see you, and to assure you of 
my heartfelt interest in your welfare. I am very sorry that 
the apples were not ripe. Before many days a plenty of 
them will be ripe and fit to eat, then you will be entirely 
welcome to as many as you like." 

The question was then asked : " "What shall be done 
with the apples we have brought with us ?" 

The Major hesitated a moment, as if desirous of second- 
ing the wise instructions of our Preceptor, and pointing to 
the ground beneath the window, Avliere was a hollow worn 
by the droppings from the eaves, said : " You can put them 
there." '" 

Thanking him for his great kindness, and bowing our- 
selves away from that benevolent presence, we returned 
to our school as happy a company as can be imagined. 

It is needless to say, ever after this, Major Farley was 
our ideal of a noble hearted, christian gentleman. 

In the afternoon the Preceptor called for our report, and 
expressed himself as highly gratified with the result of our 
noonday visit. 

To the boys this was by no means an unimportant event. 
They had been taught by the Preceptor, in a practical way, 
a most useful and important lesson in regard to the right 
of property ; and in the presence of Major Farley, they 
had an impressive illustration of the wisest and most 
effective way of dealing with a company of thoughtless and 
erring youth. I am sure the experiences and lessons of 
that day have had a life-long influence for good upon, at 
least, 0)16 of the party, and probably upon all. 

Jacob Sleepek. 

Moral. There is a right way and a wrong one in dealing 
with offenders, and a smile has its influence as well as a 
frown. 



SHIPBUILDING IN NEWCASTLE, 325 



CHAPTEK XXXVI. 



SHIPBUILDING IN NEWCASTLE. 

The evidence is clear that the inhabitants of Ancient 
Sheepscot were engaged to some extent, at least, in commer- 
cial enterprises and in sliipbnildiug. It is known that 
there was a shipyard at the late Hartley Nickel's brick 
3'ard, and also on the eastern side of Sheepscot " Little 
Necke. " How man}- were built and what their tonnage 
was, we know not. Probably they were coasting aud 
fishing vessels ; but it is a matter of record as well as 
tradition, that when the inhabitants left, it was in a vessel. 

In the next century the business was again entered on, 
and probabl}'^ Newcastle has done more in this line than 
any other town between the Kennebeck and St. George 
rivers. 

William Waters at the head of tide waters on Dyer's 
river, built vessels. One was a ship of 400 tons — a giant 
for those days. Jotham Douuell of Alna was " Master 
workman. " Thomas McCrate purchased her. She was 
launched sidewise into the narrow stream, and it cost $500 
to get her down to the Bridge. 

The late Thomas Erskine, during his life, built more than 
" forty sail near the same place.* The}- were mostly coast- 
ing and fishing vessels. James Follansbee and William 
Follansbee also built and launched at the same place. The 
Woodbridges and others have built near the same spot. 
Further down the river the Murra^s have built several 
vessels — one of them an East Indiaman. David Murray, 

* Mrs. Erskine. 



326 SHIPBUILDING IN NEWCASTLE. 

Esq., built from 1790 to 1809 the brig Fox, schooner Betsej 
133 tons, schooner Minerva 1.34 tons, and a ship. For the 
" stick " for the mast for the Betsey he paid X3, Os, Od. 
The Betsey was hiunched October 6, 1796. The cost of 
hull was X800, Os, Od ; cost of cordage, sails and anchors 
£49J, IBs, 3d ; bill for rigging and sundries, £59, lis, 2d ; 
boat and sundries, £58, 17s, 5d ; blocks, iron, &c., £3, 19s, 
3d ; maintopsail, <fec., £30, Os, Od ; "total, £1380, 6s, Id.* 

This vessel "svas sold to Samuel Follansbee and son, 
Murray's son-in-law and grandson. The father married 
Betsey Murray. The Minerva was launched in 1799. One- 
half of her, 67 tons, was sold to Samuel Follansbee for 
£301, 10s, Od. This was at the rate of $15.00 per ton — 
about the price of red oak timber in 1850, Twenty day's 
wharfage of the Minerva amounted to £1, 10s, Od. He 
began to build the ship in 1807. Samuel Weston was 
'' Master workman, " 

Colonel Robert Murray subsequent to 1836, built the 
brig Fitz Owen, the Rebecca, Nancy Jane, ship Ava- 
lanche, Damascus, schooner Tiberias, Beronda and Isa- 
bella Bernaum. When the Fitz Owen was built, the 
Temperance Reformation had commenced, and Colonel 
Murray had espoused the cause ; and it was said t that 
" the Fitz Owen was the first vessel ever built in Newcastle 
that had her beams put in without the use of rum. " It 
had been a custom whenever the beams were laid to 
always have " a drink, " 

Yessels have been built at the landing near Captain 
Thomas Lennox. Samuel Averill began to build in 1806, 
a little to the south of his barn, on land once owned by 
the Murrays, The last one he built was the Orleans, in 
1837, and which was commanded by Captain Seth Curtis. 
She went to sea in the Gulf of Mexico in 1833, and never 



*Murray'8 book, 
tBeujainin W. Pluminer, 



SmrBUILDING IN NEWCASTLE. 327 

was heard from. The first vessel that Mr. Averill built, 
was the Comfort, which was sold in a foreign port by the 
captain, who pocketed the money and ran off with it. 
Averill also built the Thomas Nelson and several other 
vessels. The Orleans was built at the Landing on Dyer's 
river, 

Thomas Fairservice built two vessels at the Bridge. 
Carney and Howard in 1825 built schooner Chariot ; and 
in 1827 they built the brig Sabbatis. Peters also built 
there, 

Jotliam DonnelL commenced to build in 1816; and in 
company with Oakes Rundlett he constructed 14 vessels, 
ranging from 105 to 140 tons. The first he built was the 
Dart of 120 tons in 181(> ; the next was the Columbus, 
140 tons ; then there were four others, among which was 
the Corinthian which was in active service in 1867 ; then 
the Orient, Morning Star, a beautiful vessel, and the 
Caspian, 115 tons. This was the last of his building. 

He used to pay 30 cents a piece for buttocks ; floor 
timbers 67 cents a piece ; naval timbers 40 cents, and top 
timbers, white oak, 25 cents a piece. He built his vessels 
in the winter and used to launch them about May. His 
men he hired for 50 cents per da}', boarding them ; and 
7s, 6d per day would be considered high wages. 

James Averill Iniilt several vessels about the year 1830 ; 
and John Averill, prior to this, built the ship Africa, pur- 
chased by Joseph Wood of Wiscasset, one of the four, 
Europe, Asia, Africa and America, which he owned, but 
sold afterwards to the Johnsons, and was in December, 
1824, sunk at sea, one day out from Wiscasset, by coming 
in contact with a brig belonging to Bath. The other three 
ships, Europe, Asia and America, had been destroyed 
some time before this. James Averill built the brig 
Union, commanded by (^aptain Lincoln of Wiscasset. 

Henry Cargill in 1821 built the schooner Illuminator, of 
112 tons, which in 1867 was coasting between Waldoboro 



328 SHIPBiriLDlNG IN NEWCASTLE. 

and Boston, being then 46 years old. Also tlie Brig 
Betsey, " about 1823, " of 200 tons burden, owned by the 
late Hon. Abiel Wood of Wiscasset, and commanded for a- 
long time by Captain Thomas Cunningham of Edgeoomb. 
On her last voyage to Havana, she was commanded 
by Captain Ellis Hilton of Wiscasset, but going out, was 
wrecked upon one of the Bahama Islands. The captain 
and crew escaped to the shore ; but being caught by 
pirates who had taken up their quarters there, and who 
were abundant in those days, they took them and mur- 
dered them all except one man, who adroitly managed to 
make his escape and relate the circumstances to the 
interested and startled public. This aroused the govern- 
ment and they fitted out a fleet of small vessels well 
armed, which went to the West Indies with a determined 
purpose to put an end to piracy, and it was accordingly 
done. 

Mr. Cargill also built the brig Hector of 200 tons 
burden, commanded by Captain Joseph Gove of Edge- 
comb, which was cast away in a hurricane in the West 
Indies. The crew escaped, but Captain Gove was taken 
sick and died on the Island and never returned home. 

Schooner Prospect was also built by him in 1825 or 6 
and was commanded by Captain David Pinkam of New- 
castle. For a long period she followed the coasting trade* 
from the Sheepscot river to Boston. 

Joseph Leighton of Alna in 1834 built sloop Edward, 
37| tons ; in 1839 brig Dirigo, 170 tons ; in 1848 schooner 
Lamartine, 60 tons. In 1845 Charles Leighton built 
schooner Napoleon, 74 tons ; 1846, bark Emma, 206 tons, 
commanded by Captain James Cook andelost ; also ship 
Ascutna, 440 tons, purchased by Dr. Moses Call, In 1854 
J. D. CHfford built the Eainbow, 210 tons ; and in 1863, 
he, Moses Chase and others, built the bark Emma. 
Others have also been engaged in this business here. 

There was built at the Dock by General Weymouth and 



SHIPBUILDING IN NEWCASTLE. 329 

Others, two scbooners of i:JO und UO tons. Enoc-h Dole 
built the Bri^^ Sophronia Dole. Enos Avc-vill uiul Miles 
Averill have been engaged in this business. A considerable 
number of vessels have been l)uilt at this place. 

The first steamboat called " Morgan's Rattler, " that 
floated upon the Sheepscot waters, was built in 1820 above 
the Bridge on Sheepscot river. She was small and moved 
at a slow rate of speed. I remember her well. 

On the eastern branch of the Sheepscot river at the 
point South of the old ISick^Vs house, vessels have been 
built ; and up the stream near the tan yard, difti>reiit indi- 
viduals have created and put several valuable vessels into 
the water. 

COMMUNICATED BY HON. E. W. F A 11 L E Y. 

" George Barstow came to Newcastle from Hanover, Mas- 

sachusett^'s in 17^0, and resided on the farm, where Alden 

White now lives. He built vessels at the landing, on the 

old Bryant farm, now owned in part by William Henry 

Robinson. 

" Colonel George Barstow, son of the preceding, was born 
in 1755 He commenced shipbuilding soon after the Revo- 
lutionary war, and followed it down to the time of his death, 
March 17, 1808. 

" Colonel Barstow resided on the farm next ^(>vtll ol the 
Farlev place and established a shipyard at his shore on the 
Damariscotta, where Wihiam Hitchcock & Company now 
have one. Colonel Barstow employed a large numbei;of 
workmen and carried on vessel building extensively. He 
built quite a number for Salem merchants which had a 

good reputation. . 

'• Colonel Barstow's sons George and Benjamin were also 
shipbuilders. They removed into the town of Nobleboro 
in 1798, where thev prosecuted the business. 

" Nathaniel Bryant came to Newcastle, from the South 
shore, i)rior to tiie Revolution, and resided on what is 



334 



TOWN AFFAIRS- ETC. 



1776 
1777 
1778 
1779 
1780 
1781 
1782 
1783 
178i 
1785 
1786 
1787 
1788 
1789 
1790 
1791 
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1801 
1802 
1803 
1804 
1805 
1808 
1807 
1808 
1809 
1810 
1811 
1812 
1813 
1814 
1815 
1816 
1817 



Beuj. Woodbridge. 
James Cargill. 
Beuj. Woodbridge. 
James ("argill. 
Beuj. Woodbridge. 
James Cargill. 
Beuj. Woodbridge. 
James Cargill. 



Samuel Nickels. Samuel Nickels. 
Beuj. Woodbridge, Jr. Joliu Farley. 
Samuel Nickels. " 



Orchard Cook. 
James Cargill. 
David Murray. 
Beuj. Woodbridge, Jr. 

James Cargill. 

David Murray. 



Nathaniel Bryant. 

Daniel Waters. 
David Murray. 



Robert Robinson. 

it 

Dauiel Waters. 

Robert Robinson. 

Daniel Waters, 
ii 

Robert Robinson, 
it 

Daniel Water?. 



Thos. Cunningham. 



Chas. Nickels. 
Benj. Woodbridge 
Chas. Nickels. 



TOWN OFFICERS, ETC. 



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181S 

1819 

1820 

1821 

1822 

1823 

1824 

1825 

1.S26 

1827 

1828 

1829 

1830 

1831 

1832 

1833 

1S34 

1835 

1836 

1837 

1838 

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1845 

1846 

1847 

18 tS 

1849 

1850 

1851 

1852 

1853 

1854 

1855 

1856 

1857 

1858 

1859 



Ebenezer Farley. 
Daniel Watei'S. 



Thus. Cunningham. CLas. Nickels. 



John Glidden. 



Solomon Hutchings. 



Eben'r D. Robinson, 



Eben'r D. Robinson. 



Robert Murray. 
Edward Kavauagh. 
John Holmes. 
Edward Kavanagh. 
Robert Murray. 
Edward Kavauagh. 

Robert Murray. 

<< 

John Hanley. 
Robert Murray. 



" Lewis Webb. 

Edward Kavanagh. " 

Eben'r D. Robinson. " 

E. W. Farley. 

Robert Murray. " 

Eben'r D. Robinson. Joseph Cm'tis. 

Robert Murray. *' 

Eben'r D. Robinson. " 



Chas. H. Merrill, 



Eben'r D. Robinson. " 

William Ames. Rob't R. Perkins. 



Hiram Chapman. 



Ebenezer Farley. 



Joseph Cargill. 



Lewis Kennedy. 
Joseph Cargill. 



John Holmes. 
E. 1). Robinson. 

Joseph Cargill. 



332 TOWN OFFICERS, ETC. 



CHAPTEE XXXVII 



TOWN OFFICEPvS, ETC. 

POSTMASTERS EAST SIDE OF TOWN, 

In 1836 the General Post otlfice Buildinii; at-Wnshington 
was destroyed by fire ; and the Eecords prior to 1808, were 
consumed ; so that no date could be found of the establish- 
ment of the Post Route Eastward from Wiscasset. 

The following however is reliable : 

1. Major John Farlej^ Office kept at his house ; same 
now occupied by AVilliam Turnbull. 

2. John Glidden, father of Captain WilHam T. Glidden 
of Boston. Appointed April 1, 1808, by Mr. Jefferson. 
Held office at his death, December 8, 1820, in his residence 
a little to the South of the present Lincoln Academ\-. The 
house was lately occupied b}' Charles Gove, and was 
destroyed by fii e about 18(30. 

3. Colonel John Glidden, appointed in 1830, during the 
first Administration of General Jackson.* 

4. Daniel Flye, appointed July 22, 1841. 

5.— Thomas Howe, appointed December 3, 1845. 

6. William R. Webb, appointed April 4, 1849. 

7. Joseph Brown, appointed November 23, 1853. 

8. Charles F. Willard, appointed October 1, 1877. 

9. Joseph Emerson, appointed June 1, 1880. 

rOSTM ASTERS AT SIIEEPSCOT B K 1 D Cx E. 

1. Benjamin Carney appointed December 29, 1820. 

2. William Carney appointed December 17, 1823. 



* Since the appointment of Colonel Glidden, the Post Office has 
always been kei^t at Damariscotta Bridge. 



TOWN OFFICERS, ETC. 



333 



3. (!yrus Ruudlctt appointed March 20, 182G. 
Office discontiuued September 14, 182G. 

4. Reestablislied and Edward 8. Hovey apiiointed 
November 27, 1826. 

5. Joseph Curtis aiipointed January 14, 1828. 

6. Daniel Carney appointed April 14, 1830. 

7. Franklin L. Carney appointed April 9, 1849. 

8. Jothani D. Clifibrd appointed January 9, 1850. 

9. Franklin L. Cai-ney appointed June IG, 1853. 

POSTMASTERS AT N O II T 11 NEWCASTLE. 

Office estabHshed in 1857. 

1. Wihnot ^V. W()()dbridi,re appointed August 10, 1857. 

2. Elbridge G. Baker appointed August, 1867. 

PRINCIPAL TOW X O F F I C E R S. 



Y'rs. Moderator. 

1753 

lloi Wm. McLolland. 

17.5.5 

1756 

1757 

1758 

1759 Benj. Woodbridge. 

1760 

1761 

1762 

1763 

1764 

1765 

1766 " 

1767 

1 

17G9 

1770 Alex. Campbell. 

1771 Spenc-.T Bennet. 

1772 Riohiird Bowers. 

1773 Bejij. Woodbridge. 
1771 Diivid Hopkins. 
1775 



Clerk. 

John McNear. 
(< 

Wm. McLelland. 

(t 
<i 

John McNear. 

n 

Samuel Nickels. 



Treasurer. 



James Cargill. 

Alexander Nickels. 
David Given. 
Samuel Kennedy. 
Samuel Nickels. 



330 SHIPBUILDING IN NEWCASTLE. 

known as the oltl Bryant farm, of about 100 acres, next 
South of that of Major John Farley's. He died July 9, 
1772, at the age of 33. 

" He was a ship carpenter, and is understood to have 
occasionally built vessels. He probably built the whole or 
a part of the wharf, the remains of which are yet to be 
seen, on the farm he occupied. 

" On the same place there was formerly a large dwelling 
house, wdiich stood near W. H. Robinson's barn. Also a 
store house, some eight rods distant, and a barn near the 
location of the dwelling house of E. Chaney. Those 
buildings which have long since disappeared, were probably 
erected by Mr. Bryant. 

" His son Nathaniel Bryant, who became a noted business 
man in Newcastle and in Nobleboro', where he removed in 
1803, built vessels at the yard on his father's place and 
afterwards at Damariscotta Mills. 

" Kavanagh & Cattril probably built on the Newcastle 
side of the Damariscotta river, twenty-five vessels, while 
they were doing business. 

" Abner Stetson, father of Abner Stetson of Damaris- 
cotta, came from the South Shore. He carried on ship- 
building in Newcastle quite extensively ; building generally 
at a yard in the Cove, near the house of Asa Hutchins. 
Mr. Stetson afterwards removed to the town of Nobleboro', 
now a part of the town of Damariscotta, where he followed 
the same business. 

" About the year 1795, one Brown, a merchant of Wis- 
casset, had a ship called the ' Grand Turk, ' built on the 
Glidden farm, near the upper falls. She went on her first 
voyage to the East Indies, and on her return, was lost in 
the ice near Portland, where she was bound. 

" Joseph Glidden, father of Captain Samuel Glidden and 
of the late Colonel John Glidden, built a ship of 300 tons 
for Treadwell of Salem in 1806, at the yard on his place. 
He built several other vessels, among them a brig and two 
schooners. " 



SHIPBUILDING IN NEWCASTLE. 331 

Oliver Gridlej traded near Damariseotta Brid-e .ind 
resided in the house where Mr. Albert Gli.hlen now lives 
He biult a ship in the yard where Colonel Joh.i Glidd(.n 
atterwards carried on shipbuilding. It is believed that 
GrKllev built other vessels at the same yard. 

Others have been engaged in this business, and on the 
Eastern side of the river for a number of years, quite a 
number of ships and vessels of a large size, have been put 
mto the water. With a chauge of times this business has 
declined in this vicinity, and there is now but a small 
prospect of its ever being revived again. In Nobleboro', 
at the Mills, vessels have formerly been built, but there is 
nothing doing there in this line at the present time. 

BRICK-M AIvIX(i. 

This has been an important branch of business in this 
town from its earliest settlement to the present time The 
earliest settlers needed bricks, and they had every'facility 
for making them ; and relics which we find at this day 
show that they had them in abundance. The business has 
been pursued both on the banks of the Damariseotta, and 
the Sheepscot in all its branches. Manv of the bricks 
manufactured have been used in the town and vicinitv ; and 
large quantities have been conveved to Boston and else- 
where, and a ready sale has always been obtained foV then, 
Ihe materials for making them are unsuri)assed by any 
town in the vicinity, and many have ever been enrra<red in 
this enterprise. The growing scarcity of wood, however, 
has of late caused a decline in this business, as lumber has 
m shipbuilding, and also of milling. 



336 



TOWN OFFICERS, ETC. 



Hiram Chapman. 
William Ames. 
Hiram Chapman . 
Chas. Pinkham. 

John H. Couvers. 
Chas. Piukham. 



E. W. Farley. 
J. H. Convpsrs. 
Chas. Pinkham. 
Frank L. Carney. 
J. H. Convers. 



Chas. Pinkham. 
John H. Convers. 
David S. Glidilen. 



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1877 

1878 

1879 

1880 

1881 



1753 

1754 
.1755 KenelmWiuslow, 

1750 Sam"l Perkins. 

1757 Wm. Bhickston. 

1758 

1759 B. Woodbridge. 

1760 

1761 

1762 " 

17C3 Jno. Laiten. 

1764 

17G5 B. Woodbridge. 

17G6 

17C7 " 

1768 " 

17G9 



M. L. M. Hussey. Joseph Cargill. 



J. S. Perkins. 



David S. Glidden. 
Albert Glidden 



Charles F. Willard. 
Albert Glidden. 

SELECTMEN. 



Samuel Kennedy. 
James Clark. 



John Hussey. 
David Given. 



Sam'l Kennedy. 

John Cunningham. 
David Hopkins. 



Joseph Cargill. 

E. M. Shaw. 
E. W. Farley. 

if 

Eoyal Wright. 



Wm. McLelland. 



Elisha Clark. 



Joseph Jones. 
Henry Little. 
Joseph Jones. 
Alex. Campbell 



TO\\'N OFFICEKS, ETC. 



337 



1770 


Jx Woodbvidge. 


David llojjkins. 


John Ward. 


1771 


Saml Nickels. 


11 


(( 


1772 


(( 


(• 


« 


1773 


B. Woodbridge. 


Sam'l Waters. 


<( 


1774 


u 


Sam'l Nickels. 


Sam'l Colley. 


1775 


Robert Hodge. 


Sam'l Waters. 


Jonathan Jones 


177G 


David Hopkins. 


(. 


James Little. 


1777 


(I 


u 


iC 


1778 


B. Woodbridge 


Archb'ld IJobinson. 


James C'arr. 


1779 


Saui'l Nickels. 


Moses Laiteu. 


Henry Little. 


1780 


'• 


Benj. Woodbridge, Jr. 


James Little. 


1781 


" 


a 


John Robinson 


1782 


S. Kennedy, Jr. 


4( 


James Little. 


1783 


t( 


(( 


(( 


1784 


a 


« 


(I 


1785 


Sani'l Waters. 


ii 


a 


1786 


Saml Kennedy. 


Tiios. Cunningham. 


John Catland. 


1787 


Sam'l Waters. 


u 


James Little. 


1788 


(k 


Ezekiel l^aiten. <^ 


Ebenezer Clark. 


1789 


Sam'l Kennedy. 


a 


James Little. 


1790 


t( 


(( 


(( 


1791 


(i 


Orchard Cook. 


(( 


1792 


a 


B. Woodbridge, Jr. 


(( 


1793 


(( 


a 


a 


1794 


David Murray. 


ii 


Nath'iel Bryant 


1795 


James Little. 


Sam'l Kennedy. 


T. Cunningham 


1796 


li 


it 


(( 


1797 


Daniel Waters 


Benj. Woodbridge. 


(i 


1798 


(. 


(. 


(( 


1799 


James liittle. 


Sam'l Kennedy. 


« 


1800 


it 


ti 


(( 


1801 


>( 


t( 


(( 


1802 


Joseph Farley. 


Daniel Waters. 


(( 


1803 


David Dodge. 


n 


H 


1804 


i< 


David Murray. 


lienj. Lincoln. 


1805 


(I 


' 


n 


1806 


(( 


t( 


u 


1807 


n 


(( 


(( 



338 




TOWN OFFICEES, ETC. 






1808 


David Dodge. 


Rob't Robinson. 


T. Cunningham. 




1809 


J. Glidden, Jr. 


David Murray. 


Sam'l Kennedy. 




1810 


Jos. Glidden, Ji 


a 


it 




1811 


Daniel Waters. 


Sam'l Laiten. 


Luther Webb. 




1812 


u 


(( 


(( 




1813 


ii 


(( 


(( 


1 


1814 


T. Cunningliam. 


Stephen Coffin. 


Chas. Nickels. 


1 


1815 


u 


a 


n 


1 


1816 


ii 


Eben'r Farley. 


u 




1817 


u 


Eben'r D. Robinson. 


David Dodge. 




1818 


1( 


(( 


(( 




1819 


Rob't Murray. 


(( 


a 




1820 


;( 


(( 


a 




1821 


u 


C( 


John Glidden, Jr. 




1822 


a 


li 


u 




1823 


u 


(( 


(( 




1824 


Oakes Rundlett 


(( 


Ed. Kavanagh. 




1825 


u 


;( 


a 




1826 


(( 


(( 


u 




1827 


.( 


(k 


u 




1828 


u 


<( 


John Hussey. 




1829 


ii 


(( 


u 




1830 


Rob't Murray. 


u 


l( 




1831 


(( 


C( 


Eben'r Webb. 




1832 


a 


John Hussey. 


11 




1833 


u 


It 


u 




1834 


II. VVoodbridge 


ii 


u 




1835 


u 


Jos. Cargill. 


Joseph Glidden. 




183G 


a 


(I 


(C 




1837 


U 


C( 


<( 




1838 


11 


(( 


(I 




1839 


Rob't Murray. 


John Hussey. 


Jas. Robinson. 




1840 


a 


(.i 


u 




1841 


u 


Algernon S. Austin. 


(( 




1842 


Hodge Woodbridge, " 


(< 




1843 


(C 


(( 


u 




1844 


Thos. Lennox. 


Elias Bailey. 


E. D. Robinson. 




1845 


B. W. Plumniei 


(( 


Eben'r Webb. 





TOWN OFFICERS, ETC. 339 

1840 \V. Folhuisbee. Asa ITutchins. E. D. Robinson. 

1847 llob't Murray. Elias Bailey. Chas. Nickols. 

1848 " " " 

1849 A. S. Austin. Elbritlu,e Chase. Joshua Lincoln. 

1850 " Lewis Kennedy. Chas. Pinkhani. 

1851 Thomas I Joyd. 

1852 " Jotham D. Clifibrd. " 

1853 1). S. Glidden. " Chas. Pinkham. 

1854 " Kobcrt .^luiray. 

1855 " JosephCurtis. " 
185G Thos. Boyd. " E. D. P.obinson. 

1857 Edwin Flye. " Chas. Pinkham. 

1858 " Frank L. Carney. David Boyd. 

1859 John T. Acorn. " '• 

18G0 Jose])!! Stetson. " Joseph P2merson. 

1861 " Amos Flye. Chas. Pinkham. 

1862 " " " 

1863 '' Lewis Kennedy. " 

1864 " " " 

1865 Richard Bailey. " " 

1866 " " " 

1867 " " " 

1868 " " " 

1869 " " " 

1870 " " " 

1871 " Charles Pinkham. Jacob Nelson. 

1872 " David Boyd. " 

1873 " " " 
1874 

1875 Isaac Genther. " " 

1876 " " E. G. Baker. 

1877 

1878 Ephraini Taylor. Isaac Dod,<;e. John Fuller. 

1879 

1880 " " David S. Preble. 

1881 Eben Ilaggett. 



340 



TOWN OFFICERS, ETC. 



RE PRE SENT ATI YES TO CONGRESS 

22d Congress, 1831, Edward Kavanagh. 
23d Congress, 1833, Edward Kavanagh. 
33d Congress, 1853, E. W. Farley. -- 
44tli Congress, 1872, Edwin Flye. 





TOWN REPRESENTATIVES. 


1768 


William Nickels.* 


1 807 David Murray. 


1775 


Benjamin Woodbridge.| 


1808 None. 


1784 


Jolm Farley. 


1809 John Farley. 


1785 


u 


1810 " 


1786 


u 


1811 


1787 


(( 


1812 Daniel Waters. 


1787 


David Mnvray4 


1813 Charles Nickels. 


1788 


James Cargill. 


1814 None.' 


1789 


(; 


1815 


1790 


None. 


1816 Charles Nickels. 


1791 


t(. 


1817 


1792 


Jolui Farley. 


1818 Kiah Bailey. 


1793 


ii 


1819 None. 


1794 


None. 


1820 Ebenezer D. Robinson. 


1795 


a 


1821 


1790 


ii 


1822 Robert Murray. 


1797 


ii 


1824 John Glidden, Jr. 


1798 


a 


1826 Edward Kavanah. 


1799 


cc 


1828 -Ebenezer D. Robinson. 


1801) 


John Farley. 


1830 Lot My rick. 


1801 


ii 


1832 Ebenezer I). Robinson. 


1802 


(( 


1834 


1 803 


u 


1836 Ebenezer I'arley. 


1804 


ii 


1838 William Ames. 


1805 


David Murray. 


1840 Benjamin W. Plummer. 


1S06 


(( 


1842 Algernon S. Austin. 1 



* General Convention at Boston 

t Provincial Congress at Water town. 

J State Convention at Boston. 



TOWN OFFICERS, ETC. 



341 



1843 Algernon S. Austin. 1SG3 

1845 E. Wilder Farley. 1865 

1847 William FolI;uisbee. 180S 

1849 Joseph Curtis. 1870 

1851 PI Wilder Farley. 1871 

1852 " 1872 

1853 Th(Mn;is Lennox. 1874 
1855 Algernou S. Austin. 1S7G 
185U Joseph Cargill. 1879 
1858 Edwio Flye. 1881 
1860 Charles innkhaiu. 



lieujaniiu W, I)<Minell. 
Joseph Stetson. 
Edward ir. Glidden. 
David l)Oyd. 
Dennis Mahoney. 
Albert B. Erskijie. 
ilichanl Bailey. 
Elbridge (i. Baker. 
Austin Hall. 
Moses Cha.se. 



S U r E R I N T E X D 

1821 Kiah Bailey. 

1822 

1823 

1824 No Record. 

1825 John Ilussey. 
1826 

1827 

1828 

1829 

1830 Jothani Scwall, Jr. 

1831 

1832 Willard (Clover. 

1833 Jotiiani Sewall, Jr. 

1834 " 

1835 " 

1836 Ezra B. French. 

1837 Jothani Sewajl, Jr. 
1838 

1839 Elkanah Scammon. 

1840 Robert Murray. 

1841 " 

1842 Augustus F. Lash. 

1843 WilUiani Day. 

1844 Alpha Morton. 
1846 Ralph Ilarley. 



ING SO 11 COL COMMITTEE. 

Adonirani Judson. Ralph ll;uley. 
John Ilussey. '• 

Edward Kavanagh. " 

Edward Kavanagh. lialph Ilarley. 



Augustus F. Lash. 

Chas. Blanchard. 
William (ilover. 
Charles Blanchard. 

Edwin Warren. 
Augustus F. Lash. 
Josiah Iliggir.s. 
Jothani Sewall, Jr. 
James IJobinson. 

Edwin Seabury. 



Joseph Curtis. 
Lot Myrick. 
RalpliIIarlcy. 
John Young. 
Ral])h Ilarley. 



John Ilussey, 



A. 8. Austiji. 
Charles C. Cone. 

Warren Ludwig. 
Jdiin Ilussey. 



342 



TOWN OFFICERS, ETC. 



184G 
1847 
1848 
1849 
1850 
18ol 

18o2 
1853 
1854 
1855 
1856 
1857 

1863 
1864 
1865 
1866 

1 867 



J). (). Cuslmiaii. 



P^dwiii Scabury. 
Sullivan liiay. 
John T. Acorn. 
Edward Brackett. 
Wlieelock Craig. 
Seth H. Beal. 



Natlian Webb, 
Edwin Seabury, 
John Husscy. 
Joseph Curtis. 
8. A. Kingsbury, 
Joseph Curtis. 



S U P E R Vise R. 

David (.}. Cushn an. 1858 Joseph Curtis. 



Joseph J, Taylor. 



1859 Samuel W. Clark, 

1860 E. B. Palmer. 

1861 Samuel Kennedy. 

1862 David S. Glidden. 



Elbridge C. Carpenter. 

C O 31 31 I T T E E. 



Alonzo Foster. 
E. II. Glidden. 

H. C. Robinson. 
Frank Fiukham. 



E. H. Glidden. 
Edwin 8. Lennox, 
H. C. Robinson. 
Fi'ank Piukham. 
E. II. Glidden. 



E. S. Lennox. 
H. C. Robinson. 
Frank Pinkham. 
E. H. Glidden. 
H. C. Robinson. 



SUPERVISOR. 

1868 Henry C. Robinson. 1875 Wan-en Ames- 



1869 J. C. Bullinch. 

1870 D. S. Glidden'. 

1871 A. W. Glidden. 

1872 A. W. Glidden. 
873 

1874 Henrv C. Kobinson. 



876 " 

1 S77 W. L. Hall. 

1878 " 

1879 Henry C. Robinson. 

1880 J. W. Acorn. 

1881 H. L. Hall. 



T O T E S FOR G O A E R ^' O R IN NEWCASTLE 
17S0 TO 18 08. 



FROM 



Governor. 



GOVKKNOR. 



1780 John Hancock, 
" James Bowdoin, 

1781 John Hancock, 



21 
2 

8 



el. 1782 John Hancock. 

1 783 

1 784 " 



30 
20 
12 



TOWN OFFICERS, ETC, 



343 



1785 No reconl. 

178G Joiin Hancock, 6 
'• James Bowdoin, 3 

17H7 John Hancock, 7 

"■ Nathl Uorliaiii, 13 
" James Bowdoiu, 2 

17.SS John Hancock, 21 

" Elbridge Gerry, 50 H 
" James Warren, 1 

178!) John Hancock, 43 

1790 '' 44 

1791 " 55 " 

1792 " 44 

1793 " 51 
" Samuel Adams, 1 

1794 " 34 R. el. 
" James Sullivan, 4 R. 

1795 Samuel Adams, 34 U. el. 
179G •' 53 K. el. 

1797 James Sullivan, 39 U. 
Increase Sumner, 4 F. el. 

1798 " 21 F. el. 
" James Sullivan, 23 R. 



1799 Increase Sumner, 

" William Heath, 
IW) Caleb Stronir, 
18 JO Elbrid.i,'e Gerry, 
" Moses Gill, 

1801 Caleb Strong, 
■1. " Klbrid,re Gerry, 

" Edward liobbins, 

1802 Caleb Strong, 
i\. "■ Elbridge Cicri-y, 
" 1803 Caleb Strong, 
" " Elbridge Gerry, 
•• IS); Caleb Strong, 
'• '■ James Sullivan, 

1805 Caleb Strong, 
" James Sullivan, 

1806 Caleb Strong, 
" James Sullivan, 
'• Elbridge Gerry, 

18 )7 Caleb Strong, 
" James Sullivan, 
•• Levi Lincoln, 



15 F. 


el. 


40 It. 




11 F. 


el. 


2'.) 11. 









10 F. 


el. 


33 11. 




1 




58 F. 


el. 


23 li. 




52 F. 


el. 


8U. 




47 F. 


el. 


33 li. 




53 F. 


el. 


59 11. 




57 F. 


el. 


50 11. 




1 li 




57 F 




82 li 


ei. 


1 li 





Explanations, ei. elecieU, B. Republicau, F. Federal. 

LICENSED INXIIOLDEIIS AND LICENSED li E- 

TA ILEUS TO SELL TEA AND COFFEE 

From 1T<J1 to 1784, Bonds £20 witli two sureties, and County Tax. 



IXNHOLDEUS. 

1761 John Cunningham. 
" Joseph Jones. 

1762 Joseph Jones. 

" John Cunningham. 
" James Brown. 



Kktailkks. 
John C'Unningham. 
James Brown. 

Jose})h Jones. 

Henry Hodge. — 
Arthur Noble. 
John Cunningham. 
Benj. Woodl)ridge. 
Alex. Campbell. 
James Brown. 



County Tax. 
£)i), 12s. 

£14. —- 



344 



TO\TO OFFICERS, ETC. 



1703 


Artliur Noble, 


Arthur Noble. 


£14 


. 


u 


James Campbell. 


Benj. Woodbridge. 






176;^ 


Jolui Cunningham. 
Henry Hodge. 


James Cam[)bell. 
David Given. 






(t 


Henry Little. 


Nathaniel Bryant. 






a 


Alex. Campbell. 


George Barslow. 






1766 


George Barstow. 


Thomas Birch. 






;( 




Richard lowers. 






1767 


Nath'l Bryant. 


Benjamin Jones. 






1769 


Thomas Flynn. 




£30, 


1.5s 


1770 


]->enj. Jones. 


Samuel Kelley. 






1771 


David Ilaynes. 


Robert Hodge. 


£31, 


12s 


1773 


Prince Barker. 
Kob't Hodge. 


Henry Hodge. 
Samuel Nickels. 
Samuel Kelley. 


£25, 


5s 


1774 


Robert Hodge. 
William Kennedy. 


William Kennedy. 






1776 


Thomas Flint. 








1777 


Jane Brown. 








1778 


Martha Brown. 
Joseph Glidden. 




£12 




1779 


Samuel Nickels. 








1782 


Hannah Barker. 
John Bradstreet. 




£29, 


128 


1783 


Alex. Rogers. 








1784 


Job Day. 


Ephraim Taylor. 
John Turnbull. 
John Rice. 
Eben'r Clarke. 








SUBSEQUENT 


I N N 1 1 L I) E R S — 1 784 - 


-1S08. 





i-.) 



Jonathan Ames, True & Crowell, George French, Wll- 
ham Sawyer, Orchard Cook, Enos Chipp, Patrick Linuen, 
Enoch Dale, Daniel Jones, Seth Curtis, William Waters 
Daniel Waters, Josiali Myrick, Samuel Cunningham, John 
Rundlett, James Erskine, James Carney, Jane Nickels, 
Benjamin Lincoln. 



M 



I 



TOWN OFFICERS, ETC. H4r» 

n i: T A I L K 11 S 1784 — 1808. 

True & Crowell, John Cimningham, Saimicl GatclioU, 
Williiii Sawyer, Edward Creamer, Thomas Wickham, Briggs 
Turner, Hannah Barken-, William Nutt, Ezeki(^l Averill, 
William Bond, David Kennedy, Jonathan Jones, Jr., David 
Dodge, Benjan)in Carr, William Waters, Jacob Hilton. 
William McAllister. John Erskine, Eben'r Hall, Daniel 
Waters, llobert Murray, Kavauagh <fe Cottrill, John Turn- 
bull, Job Day, James Sinclair, Alex. Little, David Turner, 
Robert Ilobinson, James Follansbee, Thomas Bearce, Moses 
Carlton, David Murraj-, John Jones, Andrew Peters, Ben- 
jamin Lincoln, Eben'r Perkins, Cornelius Turner, Jonathan 
Jones, Jr., Samuel Laiten. 

COUNTY TAX. 

1789 £27, 6s. lOd. 1700, £32, 3s. 9d. 1793 £39, 158. 
4d. 1795 £39, 17s. 3d. 1797 £72, 3s. 9d 1798 £125, 6s. 
1799 £112, 13s. 1800 £140, 4s. 6d. 1801 £348 5s. 6d. 
1802 £161, 2s. Id. 1803 £138, 3s. 4d. 1804, £242, 13s. 
1805 £115, Os. 3d. 1806 £166, 2s. 4d. 



These names and figures are liighly suggestive of the 
icrease 
country. 



increase of the inhabitants and the growing wealth of the 



346 



TOWN OFFICERS, EIC. 



A.MOUNT OF TAXES, PROCEEDS OF FISIIEllY, 
PAUPER EXPENSES ETC. IN NEWCASTLE. 



1 7;') 4 

17o7 
17oS 
170 J 
17(31 
I7fi2 
1703 
1704 
17(5.-) 
1708 
17(i7 
17GS 
17(39 
177>) 
1771 
177-2 
1773 
1774 
177.> 
1776 
1777 
177S 
1779 
I7S,) 
1781 



£2V>-\-U 



4 J 



I O hid ten , 

3 ) 



£30 



100 
70 
oi) 
6) 
7.') 

GO 

50 

200 

40J 

laO) 

3;)(>0 



£40 
2S 
40 
4.) 



30 



80 



180 
130 
3)) 
0)0 
48)0 
4800 



£4 

30 

4;) 
5) 
3 J 



70 

70 

lo ) 

loO 

loO 

G» 

80 

100 

4:) 

IJO 

lo ) 

90 

9.'>0 

1000 

*20) 



2 
h 

1782 
1 783 
1784 
1 78o 
I 780 
1787 
1 7SS 
1789 
17!)0 
1791 
1792 
1793 
1794 
179.5 
179() 
1797 
1 798 
1799 
18)0 
1801 
1802 
1 803 
18J4 
18;).-) 
1 800 
18)7 



o s 



£30 

30 

30 

30 

.15100 

20 J 

100 

333.33 
333.33 
oOJ 
500 
.-)00 
500 
50 ) 
300 
)0 



£s0 

100 

100 

100 

10) 

75 

10) 

100 

10) 

100 

10) 

10 J 

IJO 

10) 

^540) 

333 . 

4)0 

^0) 

(.00 

600 

(iOO 

(iOJ 

10; )0 

1 0) 

1000 

.100) 



5 o 



33 



£150 
40 
40 
30 
30 



£200 
lOJ 
100 
100 
100 
100 
IDO 
100 
100 



40 

30 

3) 

40 

130 

so 

150 

$500 

4)0 

400 

400 

4 )0 

300 

5)0 

700 

2;)0 

0)0 

1000 

500 



SOLDIERS IN THE LA T E W A R . 

. Great care and pains have been taken to i^et a correct 
list of sokliers in the late war for publication in the Town 
History. For this purpose application was made to the 
Adjutant General's office at Augusta, but without av.iil. 
I then applied to the Town Clerk of Newcastle, but was 
told that no record of them was kept in that office. My only 
resource then was, to consult the Records which tlie Adju- 



TO\YN OFFICEHS, ETC. 



347 



tant General had caused to be published ; but this required 
time, labor, particular atteutiou aud care. I have copied 
froiij these works all the naiues 1 have found to be credited 
to the town of Newcastle ; and if there be any mistakes it 
must be in the Adjutant General's Keports, and not in the 
list which I have gathered from them. Here is the list 
which I have made : 

C A P T A INS. 
Samuel W. Clark. Stephen C. AVliitehouse. 

LIEU r E N A >'T S . 

James C. Dow. William F. Eundlett. 

Fred. E. Hussey. "Wilmot Whitehouse. 

S E R G E A N T 8 . 

Theodore Clai-k. Samuel "W. Place. 

Freeman W. Hall, Daniel D. Perkins. 

Hiram Hatch. Marcus M. L. Hussey. 

C O K P O 11 A L 8 . 

Charles C. Brown. Simon C. Moody. 

Ephraim Clark. Chsirles G. Nickols. 

Cliarlos H. Haggett. AYilliam B. Perkins. 

Geo. W. Houdlette. Nathaniel B. Waters. 
John S. Marsh. 

:M IT S I C I A N 8 . 

Frederick Holman. George Hutchings. 

WAGONERS. 

Albert S. Webb, 
p R I V A 'r ]■: 8 . 

Charles Burke. 
Solomon H. Cargill. 
Edwin W. CampbeU. 
Charles K. Chapman. 
Alon/o Cliapman. 
John W. Chapman. 



Nathaniel Webb. 

Joseph Averill. 
James Atkins. 
Stinson Averill. 
Simeon Bonney. 
Henry Brown. 
William Brown. 



ti'l 



348 



TOWN OFFICERS, ETC. 



Galen A. Cliapnian. 
James Clark. 
Theodore Clark. 
Henrj Clements. 
Benj. A. Colby. 
George W. Connell. 
John P. Conner, 
Benjamin A. Curtis. 
Elijah Cunningham. 
"William Churchill. 
Elbridge Cothran. 
Ephraim Clark. 
Frank A. Dodge. 
Frank Dodge. 
Jeremiah Duly. 
John Duly. 
Larkin H. Decker. 
John McDermot. 
Eben Dodge. 
Charles H. Dow. 
David Emerson. 
Patrick Fawley. 
Patrick Frowley. 
Alphonso Frost. 
John A. Glidden. 
Nelson C. Glidden. 
Richard Glidden. - 
George Goodwin. 
Charles P. Gove. 
Oscar C. Gove. 
' Willard W. Gove. 
~~ Almond Hall. 
^David L. Hall. 
'James W. Hall. 
Moses W. Hatch. 
Ira E. Hopkins. 



Willard C. Hopkins. 
Orhindo Hatch. 
Edward R. Hutchings. 
Charles W. Johnston. 
William Jones. 
John Jones, 2d. 
Charles E. Jones. 
Ephraim L. Jones. 
Julius A. Jones. 
Enoch B. Jones. 
Benjamin F. Jones. 
John H. Jones. 
Nathaniel C. Jordan. 
Warren Keene. 
John Kent. 
Jesse S. Kinney. 
Joseph G. Lash. 
Samuel Leighton. 
John Lewis. 
Hoffman Lewis. 
Joseph Lib by. 
Joseph Linscot. 
Thomas Linscot. 
James Lynch. 
A. R. Leighton. 
■John F. Malcomb. 
William A. Malcomb. 
Simon L. Malcomb. 
William R. Marsh. 
Peter H. Matliews. 
Frederick J. Marston. 
Peter H. Mathews. 
Edwin A. Merrill. 
David Moody, Jr. 
Charles E. Moore. 
Chas. H. McNear. 



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TOWN OFFICERS, ETC. 



349 



Geoi^e McNear. 
Alonzo McNear. 
Alfred McNear. 
John McDermot. 
G eorge D. Osgood. 
Jolni A. Otis. 
Samuel W. Palmer, 
Charles E. Perkins. 
Gardiner AV. Perkins. 
Thomas R. Perkins. 
George Perkins. 
Samuel W. Place. 
Edward B. Pool. 
AYillard Reeves. 
AVilliam Eankin. 
Joseph Samuels. 
Amasa P. Sherman. 



Alden E. Shorman. 
Samuel Sherman. 
James Short well. 
William Smith. 
William H. Stetson. 
Eugene Sweeny. 
AVilliam B. Taylor. 
Edwin C. Teague. 
AVilham B. Tibhetts. 
Elden Townseud. 
Joshua Trask. 
Nathaniel B. Watjrs. 
Isaac W. Waters. 
Wiimot Whitehouse. 
Albion Winslow. 
AVilliam H. AViseman. 



DECEASED SOLDIERS OF NEWCASTLE. 

Stiuson Averill. 

William E. Averill. Died since the war. 

H. L. Bray, Chaolain. Died and buried in Sheep.saot. 

Edwin Cam[)bell. Died after leaving service. 

B. F. Clarke. Died and buried near Fletcher's Chapel, 

Virginia, February 18()3. 
Theodore Clark. Died and buriiul in Newcastle. 
Larkin Decker. Died in Hospit;d. 
Charles Dow. Died in Regimental Hospital, Virginia. 
George S. Fowles. 

Willnrd Gove. Killed at Chantillv, September 1, 1862. 
John A. Glidden. Died at Baton Rouge, May 18(13. 
George A. Hall. Died in New Orleans, June 4, 1864. 
Edward H. Gazelle. Shot three times and died at Fortress 

Monroe, May 15, 1862. 
Freeman W. Hall. Captured at Bull Run. Died. 
Joseph Henry. Killed at Ciiantilly, Virginia. 



350 TOWN OFFICETS, ETC. 

Ira E. Hopkins. Died March 18G5. 

"VVilliard C. Hopkins. Diod at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 

June 1863. 
Fred Hussey, Lieutenant. Mustered out in 18G2 for illness 

and died. 
George Hutcliiugs. Died from wounds at Fair Oaks, Ya, 
Samuel Jones. Killed at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862. 

McKinney. Blown up on steamer. 

William A. Malcomb. Died at Andersonvi!le. 

Simon L. Malcomb. Shot and died at Petersburg. 

John L. Malcomb. Died since the war. 

William S, Marsh. Died March 29, 1867. 

Charles Nickels. Died November 17, 1864. 

George D. Osgood. Killed at Bull Run, 1861. 

John Otis. 

William Perkins. Killed in battle. 

Thomas Place. Died May 31, 1875. 

Calvin Perkins. Died at City Point, Virginia. 

Bartlett Poole. Died since the war. 

William B. Tibbetts. Died of wounds received in battle. 

Albert S. Webb. Died September 1876. 

Stephen C AVhitehouse. Captain. Killed at Gettysburg, 

July 1,1863. 
Ira Waltz. Killed. 
Charles K. Chapman, died at Alexandria after battle of 

Bull Run. 



I 



GENEALOGY. 



PREFACE TO GENEALOGY. 

Any one who has never been engaged in making up a 
Town Genealogy, cannot have a just idea of the vast amount 
of hihor there is in doing it. Matei'ials have to be collected 
from the families themselves ; and the indefiniteness and 
want of thought that there is, on the part of many jjeoplo, in 
a matter of this kind, makes the business embaritissing, per- 
plexing and oftentimes unsatisfactory. Informants often- 
times hesitate — don't know -must ask some one else, avIio 
perhaps are no better informed than themselves — nor do they 
always agree among themselves. And the inquirer is obliged 
to feel his way carefully, and proceed with his work as best he 
ean. And after that, the work must be njade upwith all the 
care, correctness and diligent patience that there is in pre- 
paring an Algebra, or an Arithmetic for the public eye. 
Every date, every name and ever}^ child must be re])orted 
correctly ; else the thousand eves who are to look upon it, 
will see the error, if there be any, and be quick to pro-liim 
it. And perhaps the mistake will be just Avhere the inform- 
ant, and not the transcriber, has been at fault. 

That this work is perfect, is not pretende.l — that the 
utmost ])ains have been taken to make it so, ne(\l noL" be 
asserted. It is quite impossible to make such a work 
absolutely ])erfect. The most that can be ho|)ed for, is 
ap[)roxi!nation. And yet, what is hei'o obtaine.l, we think, 



352 GENEALOGY. 

iiiiiy be regarded as reliable, and will prove of immense 
advantage to those families who are here reported, as well 
as others. 

I have here, in this Genealogy, over four hundred fami- 
lies ; Some to whom I have applied, liave failed to furnish 
me with the information desired, and a ?;er?//ezy individuals 
have requested that the facts of their Geneaology should 
not appear in my Book. The wishes of such people have 
been most scrupulously complied with. Some families I 
have failed to call upon, because time and strength have 
both failed me. I present my work to the public, asking 
for it a favorable consideration and a candid judgment ; 
being well persuaded that no other man of this generation, 
will go over this ground after me and publish a Genealogy 
of the town in opposition to mine. 



ABBREVIATIONS. 

N. Newcastle ; S. Sheepscot ; Pown. Pownalborougli ; Dam. Dam 
ariscotta ; Nob, Nobleboroiigli ; Wal. Walpole ; Br. Bristol ; Brem 
Bremen ; Wakl, Waldoboro' ; Jeff, Jefferson ; Whit. Whitefield 
AI. Alua ; Dres. Dresden ; Wis. Wiscasset ; Booth. Bootlibay ; Edg 
Edgcomb ; West. Westport ; Wool. Woolwich; Bruns. Brunswick 
Ban. Bangor ; Thom. Thomaston ; Gard. Gardiner ; Port. Portland 
Bos. Boston ; S. Boston, South Boston ; Cam. Cambridge ; pt. 
port; West. Westport. 

N. H. New Hampshire ; Min. Minnesota ; 111. Illinois; Cal. Cal- 
ifornia ; Or. Oregon ; I. Ireland. 

b. born ; m. married ; d. died ; c. came ; ag. aged ; yr. year ; 
cbil. child, children ; ab. about ; dan. daughter; grad. graduated ; 
vols, volunteers ; el. elected ; r. resides ; inf. infancy ; w. wife ; &c. 



GENEALOGY. 353 



ADAMS, 



Joliii, sei captixin ; b. in Bootli. Fob. 10, 1804 ; in. Olive 
PiiikliMin, Nov. 23, 1S2G ; c. to N. in 1838. 

John's cliil. 1, Warren b. Oct. 1, 1827; ni. Ellen R 
Sliattnck, June 1803. 2 .Tonatb;in, b. April 20, 1820. 3, 
E.bvin, b. Sept. 1, 1831, fl. Feb. 19, 1833. 4, Sariih An- 
pelin-, b. Sept. 8, 1833 ; m. Horatio Dodoe, Oct. 9,1851. 
5, Edwin 2<1, b. Dec. 10, LS3-) : d. Feb. 13, 1830. 0, Akod, 
b. Jnlv 17, 1837, d. Julv 20. 1837. 7, John Sowall, b. Ang. 
19, 1838 ; member of 127th Eeg'ment N. Y. vols. 8, David S. 
b. Oct. 15, 1841. 9, Olivia, b. Sept. 15, 1844. 10, Cynthia, 
b. Jan. 12, 1847. 

AUSTIN. 

Algernon S. b. in Nob. Feb. 11, 1811. Came to N. when 16 
years of ago to learn the blacksmith's trade. Afterwards 
bonglitthe shop and carried on the business. Built the house 
he occupied in 1840. In 184G commenced the ship building 
business. Built the bark Victory where the Congregational 
church now stands. From 1840 to 1854, built and sold 
ships to the amount of five hundred and ninety thousand 
five hundred dollars. 1840 was el. a selectman and assessor, 
which olHce he held five years. In 1841 was el. to repre- 
sent the town in the Legislature. Was re-el. the next year 
and attended the extra session in 1843. In 1854 was again 
sent to the Legislature. 1852 was el. a director in the 
Maine Bank of Dam. AVas the first President of the New- 
castle Bank established in 1854. Left N. and moved to 
Westport, Conn, in 1859. Nov. 21, 1833 m. Salome Glid- 
den of Nob. who died at Westjiort, Conn., March 14, 1803. 

Algernon's chil. 1, Algernon Sidnev, Jr. b. Feb. 25, 
1835, m. Kate Watson of Loda, 111. 1805. 2, P.udine, 
b. March 17, 1837 ; m. CMjit. Horace N. O.sgood of N. June 2, 
1850. 3, Salome Glulden, b. July 20, 1839. 4, Sadie, b. 
Aug. 27, 1841 ; m. B. H. Chenev, M. D. of New Hnven, 
Conn. Mai-ch 10, 1803. 5, Alden'Nelscm, b. Aug. 12, 1844; 
m. Emily Dunhipof Chicago, 111. 1809. 0, San ford Kings- 
bury, b. Aug. 22, 1847. Entered the University of Chicago 
at an early age and died in St. Joseph. Miss. Nov. 8, 1871. 

Samuel, sea Capt. m. 1st Olive Jones, 2d Lavinia Clark 
of Nob. 

Samuel's chil. Artell, Sci Capt. ; m. Hannah C. Leigh- 
ton, June 3, 1847. George B. se.i. Capt. m. Alison Bentley 



354 GENEALOGY, 

of Glasf^ow, Scotland ; r. in Nob. Mary, cl. ng. 8 yrs. 
Howard, b. Ap. 1823 ; lost by shipwreck on the Maryland 
shore, Mar. 4 1844. Martli A. b. July 13, 1824 ; ra. Col. 
Joshua Lincoln. Joseph 1st. Clara, b. March 27. Joseph 
2d d. ag. about 25. 

Thini G('nei-ation.—G\\\)i. Artell'schil. Mary AVild, b. in 
Bermuda, June 17, 1851 ; d. off Capo Horn, June 22, 1852, 
sent home and buried in N. Mary Wild, 2d, b. Aug. 22, 
1853 ; d. Aug. 28, 1855. Georgia Homans, b. May 26, 
1855 ; d. Sent. 26, 1861. Gecnge Herbert, b. Julv 12, 1861. 
Florence Leighton, b. Feb. 10, 1864. 

Addison, Sea C.-ipt. b. in Nob. in Oct. 21, 1825 : m. 1st, 
Mary Sproul Fosset of Br. July 24, 1848. Mary S. d. Oct. 
11, 1849, rn. 2d, Mary Louisa Teauge, Sept. 9, 1851 ; c. to 
N. in 1851. 

Capt. Addison's chil. 1, Edward Walter, b. July 3, 1852. 
2, Mary Francis, b. May 25, 1854. 3, Ellen Augusta, b. 
Dec. 26, 1856. 4, Clara Etla, b. June 2, 1859 ; d. at Cal- 
cutta. Ap. 8, 1862. 5, Addison Glidden, b. at sea, Lat. 
51 (leg. S. Long. 35 deg. 30 min. East, off Cape of Good 
Hope, July 4, 1862. '6, Albert Teague, b. Oct. 23, 1866. 
7, Martha "Louise, b. July 19, 1870, at sea, Lat. 42 deg. 
57 rain. North Long. 60 deg. 40 min. West. 8, Alden John, 
b. June 19, 1872. 9, Clara Edith, b. Mar. 8, 1877, d. Feb. 
25, 1880. 10, Pauline, b. Mar. 2, 1880. 

A V E R I L L . 

Samuel, b. in Al. Dec. 29, 1775 ; m. Nancy Hodge of Al. 
Ap. 14, 1805 ; c. to N. Noy. 1805. 

Samuel's chil. 1 . Eliza Jane, b. June 24, 1805 ; in. Joseph 
Curtis Ap. 15, 1834. 2, Hartley, b. Aug. 18, 1807 ; lost at 
sea Julv 10, 1833. 3, Austin, b. Oct. 28, 1809 ; ra. Martha 
Kennedy, Ap. 1, 1852. 

TJiird Gerierntion. — Austin's chil. 1, Samuel Austin, b. 
May 25, 1853; d. Sept. 3, 1855. 2, Samuel, b. Oct. 26, 
1856. 3, Isabella Curtis, b. Ap. 16, 1858. 

Samuel, b. in Al. c. to N. when a young man ; m. Laura 
M. Chapman, June 28, 1855. 

Samuel's chil. 1, Walter S. b. Nov. 28, 1856. 2.. San- 
ford Kingsbury, b. Sept. 10, 1859; d. Feb. 25, 1865. 3, 
Lizzie Frances, b. Nov. 1861. 



GENEALOGY. 355 

AVillaixl, 1). ill Jeff. Aug. 2^ J 818; m. Widow Rebecca 
Chapman, Feb. 25, 1848. 

AVillanl's chil. 1, John Spinney, b. Sept. 13, 1819. 2, 
Sarah Ehzabeth, b. Ap, 11), 18o'). 3, Mary Isabell, b. 
Aug. 17, 1851. Miranda Carter, b. May 7, 1858. 

B A I L E Y . 

EHas, b. in Wool Mar. 27, 179(5 ; m. Beza BHim of Wool. 
Feb. 1819. Beza, b. Mar. 1, 1798, r. at AVis ; c. to N. 
Feb. m\i). 

Elias' ehil. Eichard, b. Ap. 13,1821 at Wis.; m. Piebecca 
G. Bailey of Belmont, Nov. G, 184G. El. Deacon of Cong. 
Ch. Feb". 28, 1861. Gould, b. Jan. 29, 1823 ; m. Ellen 
Hilton, Feb. 16, 1854. Beza, b. Feb. 4, 1825 ; d. Oct. 20, 
1853. Elias Jr., b. Mar. 13, 1827 ; d. Jan. 14, 1853. Joseph 
b. Sept. 23, 1828, Sea Ca])t. James, Sea Capt. George, 
b. Mar. 26, 1833. Abba, b. Mar. -4, 1835 ; in. Daniel Jones 
of Dam. Everett, b. Jan. 14, 1838 ; d. Ap. 28, 1860. 

T III 1(1 (Icnmitloi). — Gould's chil. Ella, b. June, 6, 1855. 
Elias 2d, b. July 16, 1858. 

15 A K IC R . 

Elbridge G. c. from Al. to N. in 1833 ; m. Susan Erslvine 
Feb.— 1834 ; d. Ap. 28, 1844. 

Elbridge G's chil. 1, Elbridge G., b. Ap. 22, 1834 ; in. 
Mary Jane Choate of Whit. Jan. 4, 1860. 2, Susan, d. in 
inf. ' 

B A L L A N T I N K . 

John, of Scotch descent; c. from Medford, Mass. to J^. 

about 1733. 

John's chil. Mary, m. William McLelland. Sarah, m. 
John Cunningham. Ballantine's widow m. Hodge. 

BARKER. 

Capt. Barnabas, b. in Marshfield, Mass ; c. to N. when 
young, and was brought up in the family of the late Joseph 
SlHU-man ; m. Martha Jane Nickels, dau. of Robert Nickels, 
Dec. 24, 1822 ; d. Dec. 15, 1860. Martha Jano d. Sept. 8, 
1855. 



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GENEALOGY. 



Barnabas' chil. Robert N., b. Ap. 4, 1828 ; d. Ap. — 
1851 in C;il. Leonisa, b. Ap. 22, 1830 ; m. Georgt; Fowles 
of Edg. Augustus, b. Dec. 28, 1831 ; ra. Maiv A. 
House of Dam. Feb. 15, 1801. Huldah F., b. Mar. 29, 
183-1 ; fl. bv accident Dee. 15. 1837. Martha J., b. A]). 12, 
183(). Henrietta, b. Mar. 28, 1839 ; r. in Bos. Marv Nick- 
els, b. Oct. 23, 1841 ; d. Oct. 0, 1855. Elon Galuslia, b. 
Aug. IG, 1844. Was three jeais in the U. S. Navy. 

Third Generation. — Augustus' chil. Walter Addison, b. 
Ap. 21, 1862. 

Ezc'k'el Wliitinan, h. in r\)rt. M:ir. 27, 1812; in. Saiah Jane 
Small of Port. Nov. 183;'): c. to N. in 1 S46. 

Ezc'kiel \V."s chil. George Wliitnian Small, h. Auir. IS, ISi^fi; 
d, Aii.ir. 21, 1842. Horace Orniand, b. Sej)!. 24, is;},s ; d. Au'^. 
8, 1842. FredrM-ick Ezekie. h. Jane, 2!), 1840; d. Sept. ;'), 18^2. 
F'rederick Eugene, b. Aug. 27, 1842; Member of 2d Heavy 
Artillery Mass. Vols. 



B A R S T W . 

Of English origin ; c. from West IJidino- of Yorkshire, where 
the name still occurs. Koui- brothers, Geoi-ire, Michael, .lolm and 
William c. eaily to this country and settled in Cam. Water- 
town and Dedliam. It is not known how or when ivichael and 
John c. to America ; hnt on the 2Jth of Sept. 1()3.), William, 
ag. 23, and George, u<jf. 21, end)arked for N. E. in the "True- 
love," C'apt. John Gihbs. William was in Dedham in Hoi and 
signed the j)etition for the incorporation of that town under the 
name of "Contentment." lie was a Freeman in Scituate, in 
164!», and the first settler of whom we have record, on the pres- 
ent territory of Hanover. He was m. to his wife Annie, after 
he c. to N. E. ; maiden u.i'ne unknown. Mr. H. was a noted man 
in his (lay — an extensive landtiolder — of high respectability, ai.d 
a worthy and enterprising citizen; d. in II. l(iG8 having 8 
children. 

William's chil. Eldest William Jr., shipbuilder; d. 1711, ag. 
59, leaving 7 ;.-hildren. 

Third Generation. — William Jr's chil. Eldest, Benjandn, 
an extensive shipbuilder in Hanover; w:is m. 3 times : had 21 
«hil. 

Fourth Generation. — Benjamin's chil. Eldest son (leorge, 
by 2d wife was b. Jan. 11, 1731 ; m. Aseiiath Taylor, Jan. 10, 
17o0; r. for a, time in Hanover as shipbuilder; c. to N. in 17(15; 
purchased the old "Alex. Little farm ;'' built ships on the place 



GENEALOGY. 357 

afU'iwnrds <)cou|ii((l by Mr. IJi'iij. ll()l)iiisoii ; «1. ;il»<)ii( llio yr. 
1770, ]fHU'iim' 4 Sdiis MUil 4 il;iu. 

h'l^Vi Geiwratio)!. — (Tcor^e's cliil. Kl(l»'sf, ''Col. (icoil'c,'' b. 
17.K^; 111. AbinMii Wliitt'lioiise, 1773; was Col. ot \\c\i. in N. 
IiiiUK'tli.ilely alter Ivt'V. War, fnmini'iu-cd slii)il»uil<rniLr .imi c* n- 
tiimed in tlie hiisiiicss till his lU-atli ; ])iir(.:lias('«l tann ounni ity 
Ur. Wiiislnw and still owned liy lifics of his sou Ale.x. luai' llim. 
E. Wilder Farley; d. IHUS a<i-. oo, leaving !(♦ ehil. o sniis ami 5 
dan. AhiiTiii his wife d. kS.')3, ag. !) ■!. Cm)1. 1). was a iii la of 
great res|teclal)ility, iiillueiiee and worth. 

iS/'xth (reiwratiou. — Col. George's ehil. 1, Abigail,!). 1774; 
in. William Meleher ill 1793; r." in N ; d. in IMdo, .-ig. '.M yrs. 
Mad 12 ehil. all of whom d. yoniig. 2, Geoige, b. Sept. 7, 177.); 
1)1. Sarah Flint; r. in Nob. ; d. 18(iU ag. Ho. 3, lUnjainin, b. 
Dee. :i(i, 1777: m. Mar. (ilidden iu l^O.S; shi|»l»uilder for .t 
period of 50 yis. ; d. ISoO. a^:. 7.3, leaving 7 eiiil. His wife 
JMaiy d. h"^-i(), ag. ^7. 4, Martha, b. Mar. 2, 17S1 ; m. Kben 
Flint; r. in Nob.; d. liS^O leaving o ehil. "all inovtd to .N. V." 
.5. Catharine, b. June 22. 1 7c*>3 ; m. liei j. French; i. ; iid d. in 
Hrnnswiek. G, Kebeeea, b. l7Ho; d. 1^0:% ag. 17 yi>. 7, 
Samuel, b. Mar. (i, I7.S7; Killed by falling of a tree in 1^0). 
8, Nathaniel, b. May 6, 17S!l; d. \KM. ' !), Flijali, b, I7'.»;3. 
"Lost at sea; never heard i'roni."' 10, Ale.xander, b. Mayo, 
179.") : in. Isr. Elizabeth Daniels of N. Y. ; m. 2d Mary .Madii^.m ; 
d, ill Cal. KS.52; Widow Mary d. 18(k); 11, Asenath, b. June 
21, I7i)7; m. Jos. Weeks of Jeff. ; d. 184^, leaving 4 ehil. 12, 
Betsey, b. Sept. 18, USJJ; m. I). 'J\ Weeks, 1S2(>; r. in Dam; 
h.id 4*chil. 3 .sous and I d.iu. 1, Capt. Alex. B. h. 1.S2 7 ; ii). 
]\lvia W. Aeoni of N. Y. June 21, 1860. 2, D.miel A. P. b. 
l.S2!>; d. 18.').'). 8, lldeii E. b. Mar. 21, 1837; m. Capt. John 
G. Bar-stow ot N. 18G1. 4, George II. b. Ap. l.>, 18 iO; r. in 
D:im. 

iSeueiith Generation. — Benjamin's ehil. 1, (ieorge, Sliipm.is- 
ter ; b. D. e. 180:S; m. 1st. Sally Clap]) ; 2d, Abigail Ilile!ieori< ; MX 
Sally liorland. 2, Eneliiie.'b. 181 >; r. in 111. 3, Sarali .Ann, 
b. 1*814; in. Samuel Lil)by; had 2 sons; r. in Cal. llissons 
John and Joseph r. iu Or. 4, John G. Shipmaster, now enuM.rfd 
in shipbuilding b. 18H); in. 1st Arietta M. Holmes, 1842; m. 
2d Helen E. Weeks of Dam. July 2, 18G1. .'), Ilenjamiii R 
ShipniMster, b. 1822; m. Clara Little. Drowned in Cal. by 
ui)settiiig of a bo.it in IS.'ri; left no ehil.; Clara d. iu Cal. in 
18.')D; lirought to N. and buried. G, Jose|)li G. Shipmaster ; b. 
1824; 111. Mari.i L'. Day of Dam.; r. in Dam; has 3 eliil : I, 
Jennie D. 2, Joseph D. 3, Marcia Alice. 7, Mary E. b. 1827 ; 



358 



GENEALOGY. 



ni. GtorjLjt' IT. Kiii^'slmn ; lias 2 cliil. Clam I>. and Sarah Alice j 
r. ill (lalcshuii;, Jil, 8, Samuel, d. as. 4 yrs. 

AJL-xaiidir's cliil. 1, Bt'tscy. m. KohLTt Ilaiidly ; v. in Pitts 
toii. 2, Join. C. r. in Cal. 8. Alexaiidfi , d. in iiis Kith yi-. 

E'ujhili Generation. — C'apt. Gt-oruv's v.\\\\. by iM wife. 1, 
Geoi^ie A. in. Charles Tukey ; r. in Dam. 2, William. 3, 
George, hofli of whom '"follow the piofi'ssioii of their fatluv and 
go to sea." \\y ;5d wife; 1, Anna G. 2, SaiuUord K. 3, 
iMary. 

Capt. John G.'s chil. \\y 1st wife 1, I^lla A. h. Ap. 18, 
1H44 ; m. Gt'orye H. Weeks, Dee. 2o, ISGo ; r. in Dam. ; has a 
dan. Melfn, h Oct. 19, l.S6(). 2, John A. b. Jnly 31, l«f6. 3, 
Adela H. I). Jan. 10, IMIH ; d. Si^pt. 15, •184'). 4, Ida I. b. May 
13, 1M.:0. o, Frederick S. b. Jan. 2, 1852. 0, Edward H. b. 
May 19, 1858; d. Oct. 24, 185'». By '2^\ wife. 7, iiessie, b. 
Jmic 24, 18G2; d. Oct. 18, lh()(;. 8*, Daniel W. b. June 23, 
18G4; d. iMar. 29, 18G5. 9, Frank, b. June 12, l8(iG. 



Ti O R L A N D . 

Capt John, b. in I. Ap. 1, 1752; in. Sally Cami)bell, of N. ; 
r. in Nob.; shi})bnilder ; d. Oct. II, 1814. Sally Caini)bcll b. 
Oct. 7, 1757 ; d. Jan. 7, 1827. 

Ca])t. John's chil. Sally, b. Dec. 5. 1779; in. Ca])t. 

Grant ; d. A]). 15, 1805; J(-lm, Jun., sea Capt. and .'ihij)l)nilder ; 
b. .\i>. 15, 1781 ; in. Nmcy Giidden ; c. to N. about lsO;»; d. 
A{). 7, 18(J3. Samuel, b. Ap. 19, 1787; in. lictsey Whitlicr of 
Iklfast. James, b. Auu'. 28, 1788; d. at sea. Mar. 17, 1806. 
I'olly, b. Aul;. 27, 1790; in. George IJeed, Ksq., lawyer; r. in 
Nob"; d. May 10, 1832. B.tsey C"^, b. Mar. 9, 179b; in. Harry 
llazeltine: r. in Nob. and Searsinont ; d. Juno 'I'l, 1^53. 

Third Geueratloti. — Capt. John, Juifs ciiil. 1, James, b. 
May 1, 18U8; sea Capt.; in. Elizabeth N, Jennings of Nob.; 
Elizabeth N., b. June 13, 181U; r. in N. and New York. 2, 
George \\. b. Ap. 9, 1810; d. in N! Orleans 1824. 3, Ann 
Maria, b. June 1, 1813; in. Albert Giidden. 4, John Jr. 2d, b. 
May 2S, 1810 ; Sea Capt. ; m. Mary Haines of Engl.-ind, Aug. 
10, 1857. 5, Joseph Ci. b. May 18, 1818, in. Abigail liana of 
Wis. ; Scji Capt. 0, Sally, b. Aug. 24, 1819; m. Capt. (Jeorge 
Barstow ot Nob. 7, Mary, 1>. Ap. 19, 1822; in. Edmund Dana 
of Wis. : r. in Port. 8, Samuel G. b. Sept. 9, 1824 ; Sea Capt. ; 
ni. Adelaide Metcalf of Dam. 

I'\>nrth Generation. — Capt. Janus' chil. 1, James A. b. May 
8, 1833. 2, George It. b. Julv 22, 1835. 3, Mary C. b. Feb. 
25, 1841. 4, Annie G. b. May 2, 1844. 

Capt. Joseph G.'s chil. 1, Joseph. 



GENEALOGY. 359 

C.-ipt. S.-miuel G.'s cliil. 1, Ik'uj. M. b. Sept. 2S, l.S.jS. 2, 
Snnmtl, 1). Mar. ol, 18GJ. 

BOYD. 

TliomMS, h. in Kdjr. May 20, 1S14 ; c. to N. in 1828 ; in. Eliza 
T. Goih.-un of Nol>. JiiUL' (), 184-1. Eli/.aT. 1>. in An---. i(), ISU. 

Thomas cliil. Edward L. h. Ap. 2, 184.'). Frederick (i. b. 
Jan. I.j. 18-17. William M. h. Juiv 3, 18.k). Tlionia.s I'arknmn, 
b. .fan. 28, 18r),'>. 

DoyiK'n Josluia, 1». in Mass. in 1827; in. St.:itira Eit/p.itrirk, 
Feb. 1850. MemluT of Heavy Arlilk-i y, Coast defence. 

Joshua's chil. Warren, b. iSe})!. 2.'), 18.'j3. 

B 11 O \V N . 

Josp])h, b. in Ed','. Oct. 7, 1805; in. Ruth Tukev of X. F. b. 
9, 182(5 ; c. to N, Feb. 2, 1847- 

.Joseph's chil. Sirah .I.ine, b. Nov. 1. 18:'(> ; m. Ciias. Clark, 
July I^. 184!); r. in Charlestown, M;iss. Arietta 'i\ b. Nov. 4, 
182S; d. Sept. II. 1847. II;iiTiet, b. Dec. 27, 1830; m. .lames 
Witham of .JetK Fel». 14, 18"),). Betsey S. b. July 10, \s:]A ; m. 
Edwin Campbell, Nov. I G. 18r)(5. Lama C. b. Dec. 4, 1 '^'3.', ; in. 
David Ames of Kichmoiid. Nov. 2!), 18.')7; d. Mar. 1.), IXJI. 
Mary Frances b. June 10, 1838; m. Charles Campbell of H.nh, 
Nov. 29, 18.')0. James M. b. Sept. 1 1 , 1842 ; 2(i mate of sliip 
CiiarlerOak of New York. 

Elijah, b. in Edj^. Mar. 4, 1777 ; m. Marv Ilutcliinirs of E. ; c. 
to N.'alx.iit 1821 ; d. Oct. 2'), 1827. .Alary d. Jime (1. ]^M\. 

Elijah's chil. Charlotte, b. A]). IG, 180); m. Kiifns Camp- 
bell. Elij di, b. June, 1^03; m. Mariiaret Woodbrid;:i' ; r. in 
Washiiiiiton. Enoch, b. Ap. 27, 180'); m. Sally Keed, Oct. 
1828 ; r. in Vassalboro ; d. Nov. 13, 1854. Martlia, b. Mar. 4, 
18J'J ; ill. Cai)t. Josiah II. .Arey of Orleans, Cape Cod. Su-.in, 
b. Feb. 24, 1811 ; m. Ca]it. E<lwiii Finkham. Kosalind, b. Nov. 
5, 1813; III. Charles I'iiikham. liobert, b. Sejit. 2.'). IsiGj 
in. .Marindi A. Wilson of Covington, Ky., in 1842; r. in C. ; d. 
July 19, 184:). 

B II Y A N T . 

Nathaniel Sen. c. from the South Shore prior to the IJevoln- 

tioii ; m. IIann:ih ■, probably from So. Shore; <1. July 0, 

1772, a-jr. 33. llis widow who was tale iled ;iiid influential, in. 
Capt. Prince Barker, wno was also iVoni the So. Shore. Barker 
was lo.st on atrip from Dam. to Bos. His widow continued to 



360 GENEALOGY. 

reside upon the "old Bi*y:iiit plriee," and for many years Ticpt, a 
Pubic House wliicli was niut-li resorted to by Ir.ivcllers ;ind 
others. Mouse stood near t.ie residence ot William Henry 
Roliinsoii, 

Nathaniel Sen.'s ehil. Niithaniel Jnn. b. May 2, 17(1"); in, 
Betsey Wall, ITUo. Hannah Harker, b. Mar. 2o, 17»)K; m, 
Knos'Clap]), Sept. 21, 1 7.S!S. Patience, b. Se])t. 30, 1771 ; m. 
William Waters, May 8, 17!)2. Asenath N. m. Eliphalet Con- 
nor ot '1 liom. July 2o, I71)!>. 

Nathaniel Jr.'s ehil. Hosalinda m. 1st, Capt. Joseph Merrill ; 
2d, ^\ ni. Creenleaf. Harritt m. ("apt. Josejth Smitli, U. S. N. 
Cusliiiiii, m. Arietta Myriek. Xathaiiiel 3d, b. Mar. 27, 17iJ0} 
ni. 8ally (ilidden Feb. if), lSiO;d. Feb. IG, 1805. Jidia, m. 
Lewis Haines, Pamelia. 

Nathaniel 3d, ehil. 1, Sarah E. b. July 23, 1S22 ; m. Dr. 
Moses Call. Dee. 1841 ; d. Aug. li), 18G4. ' 2. Nathaiuel G. b. 
Aj). 17, 1824; d. Oct. 1824. 3, Harriet 8. b. Nov. 20, 1827; 
ni. Capt. Hendrick Wade of iJiiu. .June, 18,33. 4, Me<lor;v M. 

b. June lit, 182'J. 5, Joseph S. b. Feb. 18, 1831 ; m. of 

San Pedro, Cal. May, I8(iJ; d. Ap. 1862. 6, Helen J. b. Mar. 
30, 1833; m. Cii])t. John Madiuan, aitervvards Pieut. com- 
mandiiio- U. S. N. Mar. 18.-'.). '7, Nathaniel 4th, b. Feb. 27, 
1835. 8, Winnie, b. Sept. 2 J, 1840 ; d. Feb. 20, 1801. 

B U 11 N H A M . 

Capt. Jose]Ji, b. in E(]g. Ap. 8, 1816; r. in Bos. .nnd South 
Hadlev; m. Hannah M."^ W ebb ot N. Sept. 17, 1848; d. Nov. 
25, 1852. 

Capt. Joseph's ehil. Lizzie G. b. at South Hadley, Nov. 26, 
1849. Josepiiine, b. in N. SejA. 10, 1851 ; d. Jan. ll, 1850. 

C ALL. 

Moses, b. in N. H. ; e. to N. in 1830, pliysician ; m. 1st; 
ear:.h ^:iizabeth Bryant, Dee. 1, 1841 ; Sar.iii d.'Aug. 18, 1804, 
n; 2d, Emma G. Chase ot Edg., Jan. — 18()G. 

Moses' ehil. 1, Norman, b. Oct. 23, 1844. 2, Manfred, b. 
Mai. 0, 1849. b. by 2d wife, Ellen Chase, July 13, 1870. 

C A M r n ELL. 

Capt. James, b. JMay 22, 1725; m. Sarah Maleond), Sept. 30, 
1753. Sarah b. A])riri(), 1733. 

Capt. James' ehil. Jauies, Jun., b. Jiin, 20, 1750; m. 1st, 



GENEALOGY. 361 

Ilaniiali CoopiT ; 2<1, Piu<k'iice' Fairlield ; r. in .kiV. ; d. Mar. 
lH'.m. Sartili, b. Oi^t. 7, 17")7; iii. Cai)t. Juhii liorlaiid ; r. in 
Nob. Thomas, b. jMay IG, 175!); in. l.st, liacliel Cliasi-, Sept. 
IG, 1790; 2(1, Widow llebecca Cunninnliani of K<\<x. .Innc IH, 
1B29. Iin]»ressc'd on board ot" a i^ritish Man-cl-\Var .S^ years ; 
d Aug. 11, 1840. John, b. Nov. 22, 17(iO ; d Mar. 11, 1772. 
Joseph, b A{i>r 30, 17G2 ; ni Jane Ifeed of liooth. ; r. in Hooth. 
Micliael, b May 12; 17Go ; m 1st, Jane IJoyd of Booth ; 2d, 
Widow Simpson, Betsey Emerson ; r in Jiootli. Daniel, b 
Nov. 26, 17G6; m Naney Simpson, Ifobert, b vVl>- 4, 17(59. 
William, b A]». 26, 1771 ; d Jan. 30, 1773. Betsey, b Jnlv 10, 
1774; in David Cook, Mar. 4, 1S13; d Feb. 5, 18G3. 

Third Generation. — Tiiomas's cliil. Daniel, b Oct. IG, 1701 ; 
d Oct. 2G, 1832. Thomas, Jun., b Dec. 29, 1792; m Ellen 
Pnnn of Dres ; d May 4, 1833. John, b Oct. 8, 17i)4 ; m .Mary 
Chapman of Nob; r in Dam. Betsey, b Dec. 11, 1797 ; il Oct. 
1, 1804. Sarah, b Nov. 28, 1799; in Capt. Itoberl Kennedy. 
Kufus, b July 17, 1802; m Charlotte Brown; r in Michigan. 
James, 2d, b May 23, 1803; \\\ Caroline Trask of Edi;., Nov. 
l-i, 1825; r in Bath. ^Mary Elizabeth, b Oct. 25, i834 ; m 
John F Chapman of Dam., June — 1853. 

Daniel's eliil. jNIargaret, m Samuel Given ; r in Bruns. 
James, b June 2, 1802; m Eunice Ciiapman. Daniel, b \y\\s,. 
3, 1803; m Mary C Given of Bruns; d Jan. 'I'l^ 1835. Bobert, 
b Ap. 4, 180G; m Clarissa Woodbrid^e, Oct. 7, 1833. Albert, 
b Ap. 4, 1807; m Agnes Given,- Oct. 28, 1835. Thomas, b 
a July — 1834. 

Vourth Generation. — James' 2d, chil. Edwin, b Sejtt. 18, 
1827 ; m I^etsev S Brown, Nov. IG, 185G. Their daughter, 
Ella F, b Auir. 2, 1859 ; d June 7, 18(13. Charles K, b Jan. 2, 
1829; 111 Nov. 19, 1859. James A, b Sei)t. 1, 1831 ; d July 2, 
1833. Thomas G,b March 19, 1833. Caroline F, b May 2, 
1835; in Daniel P Ilaggett of Edg., Ap, G. 185G. s'arah 
Helen, b i\[ar, 31, 1837; in (I-qtt. Beniainin Delano of Wool. 
Ap. 2G, 186G. Ali)heus S, b IMay 23, 1839; m Lydia A Chase 
ot Edg., July IG, 1870. Marv E, b June 4, 1844 ; d Feb. 24, 
1871. LucUa A, b May 27, 184G; d Aug. 29, 1879. 

Fourth Generation. — James* chil. Mary b. Dec. 18, 1831 ; 
m. P^merson Winslow, Nov. 1851; d. Jan. 11, 1858. NVillard, 
b. Sept. 2(), 1833; d July 8, 1848. Edwin Warren, b. Dee. 17, 
1834'; d. Sept. 5, 18G2 ; a soldier at Uallimore. Adeline, b. Oct. 
27, 1836. Isabel, b. Oct. 22, 1838. Boscoe, b Sept. 22, 1840. 
Esther, b June 22,1842. Daniel, b Dec 1, 1844; d July 23, 
1848. Evereth, 1) Nov. 23, 184G. Georgia, b July 18, 1848. 
Wilford b Feb. 15, 1850. 



3G2 GENEALOGY. 

Albert's chil Frances E. b May 1'), 1838; m Wibnot W. 
W«K):lbri,l;i-e. Sa'niiel Given, b Mai' 2.5, 1841. Thomas, twin 
brother, d Sept. 1S42. Charles b Mar. 15, 1848. 

Itobert's chil. .Marjzai-et, b Jan. 18, 1835 ; m. Joseph Ford of 
Jetr. Feb. 2 J, 1850. Bonjaaiin W. b. Dec. 9, 1837. Jane 8. b 
Mar. 21, 1842. Clara A'. b. May 1, 1845. Martin, b Sept. 15, 
1848. 

Daniel's chil. Nancy Jane, b ]\Iav 21, 1831 ; m James L. 
Ro-^crs of R.ith ; d Jan. 14, 185i). Alfred D. b June 15, 1S34; 
m ilarriet I-.ennox, Nov. 21, 185S. Mary E b Nov. 30, 1830; m 
James L. Rollers of ijatli. Oscar D. b Mar 4, 1839 ; r in Cal. 

Fifth Generation. — Alfred D.'s chil. Helen Lennox, b Ap. 

17. 1861 Henrianna, I) Ano-. 11, 1S64. 

Thomas Jr. chil. Emeline, b June 24, 1820; ni .^crome 
Kennedy. Antonia, b .Mar. 3, 1830; m Sarah Biker of Edir-; r 
in E. 'Thomas 3d, b Feb. 12, 1832; m Abby Baker of 
Ed^.: r in E. 

C A K G I L T. . 

David was of Scotch descent; b. in I ; c. to N. ab. 1732 
or 1733; m jNIary Abernetliy .June 22, 1722; Capt. of .Militia. 
Also Tappun's sni'veyor of lands. 

O. S. David's chil.* 1, John, b Mar. 22, 1723. 2, Coi. James, 
b Oct. 24, 1725; m 1st, Auiies Kennedy, Nov. 10, 1752; m. 2d 
Willow Marii-aret Hatch of Fown. Nov". 1785, d June 1S12. 3, 
William, b Oct. 8, 1727. 4, Jane, b July 19, 1731. 5, a son b 
June 13, 1734; d in inf. G, David b Julv 5, 1735. 7, 
Abernethy, b A p. 22, 1739. 

Third Generation. — N. S. Col. James' chil. 1, David, b Oct. 

18, 1753; r in Montville. 2, Mary, b Jan. 12. 1755; m Capt. 
John Cunniuii-ham, Jr. 3, John, b Mar. 26, 1757; d you.iu^, 
4, William, b Jidy 20, 175S ; d younj^. 5, .Jane, b Sept. 21, 
]7(iO; d. July !840. 6, James, jV., b Sept. 2, 1762; d yoniii,'. 
7, Abernethy, b Nov. 3, 1763 ; m licbccca Middiwu of i'own. ; 
d (Jet. 1812. 8. Aunes, b Aiil!:. 6. 17()0 ; m Tnomas Cunniiig- 
liam; d Mar. 20, 1830. i), Henry, b Feb 12, 1767; m Mary 
Kennedy, Aj). 15, 1794; d Oct. 4, 1837. 10, Samuel, b 17(18; 
ni Mary Simpson. II, a daughter b 1770. 12, Thoaias Mel- 
ville, m Susan Oiiver ; r in Wis.; d in W. I. in 1815. 13, a 
eon. 14, a son. 15, a son. Last three d vouulj. 

Chil. by 2d wife. 1, Jolin, d youn^- of canker rash. 2, Donald 
d ag. ab. 30. 3, James, Grad. at Bi>w. Coll. 1814; d of con- 
Bum])tion a'b. 10 days after returnin<>; hon»e. 4, Williain. m 
Betsey Holmes, 1812. 5, a son. 6, a sou. 7, a daughter. Last 
three d youue:. 



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GENEALOGY. 



303 



Fourth Generation.. — Ilciivy's chi). 1. Mary, b ]M:ir. 25, 
1796; in Joliii FuUertoii of Hoolli. Jan. 20, 182J. 2, .lane, b 
Ap. 9, 17i)7; in Dea. .losci.li Dtcker of Al. .June 29, 1S82. 3, 
Josoi»li, b .July 27, 1798; \\\ Clarisjiii 11. Delano of Wool. Oct. 
20, 1824; r in Koxbiuy, Mass. 4, Henry, b Nov. 9, 1799; m 
Sarali Durham of IJelfasl ; d in Ban. o, Uetsey, I) Feb. 18, 
1801 ; ni Benj. IMuninier, Esq ; i- in St. Aniiioiiy, Minn. G, 
Cliarles, b Ap. 17, 1802; ni Catherine Kelley of Bootli. Sept. 
1842; (1 Nov. 18.')fi. Catherine, d Ap. 4, 18'")4. 7, AiiUis, b 
May 10, 180.') ; d Feb. 13, 1882. 8, Sanniel, b Sei)t. 12," 1807; 
d .lune 4, 1831. 

7'V/M 6V?/<?T/^/c??.—J»>( ill's (hil. 1st, Edwin D, b Oct. 26, 
1810; in Lis-zie (iivc n of ( it.eiiiii.'.li, (yhio, Ftb. 6, ]8i'2. 2, 
Osear D, b June 0, 1827 ; d Sejt. 1 1, 1828. 3, Osear D, b ]Mav 
3. 1829. 4, Amanda M, b Feb. 3, 1S31 ; m .Joseph P Paine, phy- 
sieiaii, June 13, 1855, of Dediiam, Mass. 5, Fannie j\I. b Dee. 3, 
1>'33. 6, Clara A, b Sept 18, 1835; m Capt John A Holmes 
Feb. 2G, 1857; d Dee. 2U, 1859. 7, Jose]))! A, b Ano-. (), 1837. 
8, Charles M. b Aug. 9, 1838. 9, Mary E. b Oct. 19, 1840; d 
July 7, 1842. 10, Hcn:y L, b Ap. 11, 1846. 



(' A RNi: Y. 

Daniel, Sen. b 17G5, in Pown ; r in Pos. and a uierehant there 
n^.ore than 50 vrs. : c. to S. .-diotit 1830; in 1st, Sarah Pell of 
Pos. Mar. Il,'l792; Saiali d Nov. 11, 1812; ni 2d, Mary 
AVlueler of lios. July 24, 1814 ; d Mar. 10, 1877. Daniel Sen. 
d Mar. 11, 18n2. 

Daniel Sen.'s ehil. 1, Marv T. b. Dee. 24, 1792; d Sej.t. 17, 
1838. 2, Henj. P. b Sept. 22,' 17i)4 ; r in ^^ ool. 3, Susannah; b 
Dee. 5, 1796. 4, Daniel Jnn. b Jan. 17, 171:9; Coiisui at St. 
Doininuo;dScitt. 14, 1838, 5, \N iiliam, bMay 24, 1801; r in Al. 
and Port. 6, James, b Feb. 14, 1804 ; 1 anker ; r in Lowell, .Mass. 

7, Nathaniel 15. b July 6, 1805; Commission ^Jerehant in N. Y. 

8, Sarah P. b June 21, 1807 ; r in Lowell. 9, Osj^ocd, b Dec. 
28, 1809; enoaged in Pussian 'i'lade; d in Pos. Au«r. 1834. 
Chil. b 2d wife," I, Josiah, b July l3, 181.1, m 1st PJizabeth 
Vose ; 2d S;irah Hall both of I'os. ; r in Charlestown, ]Mnss. 2, 
Emeline, b Jan. 25, 1817 ; m Moses Eastman : r in Pos. 3 Ann 
b May 17, 1818; m EU.iid<:e Cli::.«e, Jj.n. 21, 1843. yJcs-cjh, b 
Oct. IT), 1819 ; ni Chailotte J:tnt. of Pos. ; r in E. Pos. 5, Sani'l 
P. b Nov. 18, 1821; d Oet. 29, 1859; in ^lary Kussel : r in 
Charlestown, Mass. 6, Henry, h .I:in. 13, 1823; Enyineerat Point 
Siiiiley, Mass. : iii Almira Pent of Pos. 7, Franklin L. b Aug. 
19, 1824; meiehant and shipbuilder and postmaster: m Celia A. 
Mahouey, Oet. 16, 1856. 8, Eliza W. b Dee. 27, 1826 ; in Par- 



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GENEALOGY. 



ker ITarloy ; d Jan. 28, 1861. 0, ITenrietta, b .Tuue 7, 1828 ; m 
Stephen Cole of Bos. 10, Adeline, b Jan 24, 1830; d in in- 
fancy. 11, Addison, b Dee. 24, 18:30; in Helen A. Brown of 
Al. " 12, Edwin, b Mar. 12, 1833 ; ni Jane Yeaton of Al. Ap. 
1803; r in Heiininu,ton, Vl. 13, John V. b, Nov. 6, 1835; in 
Susan Abbot of Worcester^ JMass. ; r in Bennington, Vt. 

Tlurd Generation. — Franklin L.'s chil. 1, Franklin Irvinir, 
b Sept. 30, 18.)8. 2, Ira Ardell, b July 31, 18G1. 3, Clarence 
Edgar, b Aug. 16, 1868. 

Addison's chil. 1, Norman. 

CATLAND. 

John, b in 1745, was one of the three male members that 
was organized into the Ist Cong. Ch. in 1797 : in Lydia Wins- 
low, Feb. 12, 1767. l^ydia, b in 1749; John was a blacksmith ; 
d Dec. 18, 1S18. Lydi'a d May 9, 1796. 

John's chil. Olive, b Feb. 4, 1768; in Clark. Abi- 
gail, b Aug. 29, 1770 ; ni Edmund Perkins. John, Jun., b .Inly 
27, 1773; r in Jeff. Patience, b Jan. 10, 1776; in Andrew 
Keed of Booth. Joseph, b Ap. 23, 1778; r in Booth. Ca])t. 
Kobert, b Oct. 5, 1780 ; in Esther Catland of Br. Mary, b Ap. 
20, 1783; m Asa Averill ; r in Pittston. Eunice and Martiia, 
twins, b July 1, 1785. Eunice, m John Lewis of Booth. Mar- 
tha in George Washington Merrill of l^ooth. F^lizabeth, b Aug. 
16, 1788 ; in Capt. John Southard and r in Richmond. 

C H A P M A N . 

Hiram, b in Nob., Oct 16, 1808 ; m Maria Chapman of Nob., 
Aug. — 1833. Maria, b Jan. 22, 1812; c to N. in 1854. 
Hiiain was the son ot a farmer ; became a skilful mechanic ; was 
el Col. of a regi nent ; was a Selectman a number of years; a 
Justice of the Peace ; a Ke|)resentative to the Legislature nine 
years ; once el President of the Senate ; a Judge of Probate 
three years ; served one year as Land Agent ; was a member of 
the 2d liaptist Church in Dam.; a consistent christian ; an hon- 
est man, and an honored citizen ; d at Augusta i\Iar. 15, 1S64 ; 
buried in Dam. ; but I'ests in Heaven. 

Col. Hiram's chil. 1, Walter S, b Mar. 2, 1834; 1st mate of 
ship Criterion of N York ; m Julia Keene of Brem., Feb. — 
1862. 2, Laura M, b Feb. 3, 1836; m Samuel Averill ot Al., 
June 28, 1855. 

Third Generation. — Walter S.'s cliil. Nellie Scott, b Dec. 
25, 1862. 

liufus C, b in Nob. May 21, 1822, dentist, c to N. about 
1855; m Mary J\[ Luiit of Bowdoinham, Aug. 11, 1850. 



GENEALOGY. 365 

Viul'us C.'s cliil. .1 Willie, 1. Jiilv 11, ISo.'l. Slcplu'ii L, h 
MiH-. 5, IHoo. Miiry P, U Dec. 27, i«,-,S. 

i:)uncan D, b in \h: Oct. 2l», 1S2.'); iii .M.ny .Tane Dickinson 
M.iv 29, 1853, of Wis. M.iiy Jane, 1) May. H, ISl'!) ; c. to N. 
185!). 

Duncan D.'s chil. Paulina A, 1. Dec 11, 1><54. Conilu'll, b 
Feb. 3, 1856. Albert D b.lan 14, l.s5i). Mary Luella, b Mar. 
15, 1851. Hattie, b June 17, 1853 ; d July 7, 1853. 

Cyrus, b in Nob. Oct. 1, 18Ui), r. to X. and ni Rebecca C 
Sinii.son, May 11, 1835; d Oct. 10, 1844. 

Cyrus' cl.il. 1, Warren N, b Aui,^ !), 1838. 2, Rcberl S, b 
Ap. 2, 1842. 

Samuel L's chil. Anna L, b June 20, 1850. 

C II A S E . 

John, c from Hampton Falls and settled in E<lg. at the Eddy ; 
ni IJachel Gove of Hampton. During the Kevolntion, lie moved 
to N. and jmrchased 'J aj)])an lot No. 20, which has been in the 
laujily name ever since. John d Oct. 5, 1787. IJaciiel d. July 

13, 1808. at;. 75. 

John's ciiil. Enoc-h, Abiiiail, Sarah, Kacliel, Charles. Capt. 
of Militia and occupied the homestead; m Hannah Stewart of 
Al. Charles, d 1822. llanna'i, d Feb. 21 , 180S. 

7yilrd Generation. — Charles' chil. James, b in Edj?. Ault. 4, 
1776; d Dec. 22, 1778. Thomas, b in N. Nov. 13, 1778; 
Capt. of Militia; m Ami Woodl)rid!i;e, June 25, 1801. Mar; , b 
Nov. 28, 17>^0; in Cornelius 'I'muer ; r in Wis.; d Mar 12, 
1861. Sarah, b Mar 24, 1783; m Jose|)h Laiten ; r in .\1. 
AVilliam, b Feb. 19, 1785; in Alice II. Keene of Wal. ; d M.ar 

14. 1864. Charles, b Ap. 30, 1787; d Ap. 26, 1849. John b 
July 25, 1789 ; Sea Capt. ; in Sophia Jenny of lialtimore; lost 
at sea on a voyage to Tampico. Samuel, b Jan. 5, 1792 ; d Feb. 
14. 1794. Hannah, b Feb. 14, 17!)4. Ebenezer, b Ap. 2, 1796 ; 
d Jan 11, 1797. George, b Dec. 11, 1797: d .May 14, 1.S14. 
Franklin, b June 3, I8[)0; in Ann Mtd.ellan, an Englisli l.idy ; 
American Consul General r in Tam})ico, .Mexico. Edward, b 
INlar 15, 1803; d Oct. 9, 1803. 

Fourth Generatio)i. — Thomas' chil. Nancy, b Jan. 8, 1S04 ; 
m Kingsbury Donnell,Sei)t. 24. 1822; d June 17, 187!t. William, 
Sea Cai)t. b Oct. 18, 1806; iii 1st, Celia Dorry ot I>altimt)re, 
Jan. 7, 1830, d Feb. 10, 1847; 2d, Sarah Curtis, July 5, 1853. 
Ellnidire, b A]). 3, 1811; m Ann Carney, Jan. 21. 1843. 
John, b May 16, 1820; d Aug. 26, 1823. 

William's chil. Kutli Keene, b July 10, 1815; d Ap. 8, 
1855. Ilaunah Stewart, b Oct. 19, 1817 ; in Capt. Cyrus Tack. 



366 GENEALOGY. 

aid. jM.-hv Ann, b Doc. 10, IHH) ; m GcoI•^e W. Flitner, Mny 
20, 1844 ; 'William, b Fc-b. 14, 1822; m Nancy Jnne Miiiray, 
Jan. 24, 1856. Harriet Tnrncr, b Feb. H, l"s24 ; ni Sainut'l 
K. Given, Ap. 14, 1852. Sar:ih Ford, b Sept. 10, 1827; in 
Dexter B. Clifford ; r in K<lo. Flizahelii Knndlctt, b Jan. 7, 1S80 ; 
m Jiise])h Y. Wilson, Jnly 1, 18(J0 ; r in AuL-nsta ; Lncy Maria, 
b Ap. 8, 1832. Silas, twin l)iotlier, d Sept. 2(i, 18o;T. Jnlia 
Howard, b Mar 1, 1830. 

Fifth Giiicratlon. — C'ajit. William's chil. Celia Ann, b. Oct. 
IG. 1844. AVilliarn Franklin, b May 23, 18o5. Anunstus C. b 
Mar!), 18.57. Faimie D. b iNIar 7, 18G0; d Nov. 2o, 18GI. 

Williams eliil. Maria W- Iton, b Ap. 2. 18G2. Moses, Sea 
Capt. b in Fd«r. Mar. 10, 181,-) ; ni Snsaii E. Clifford of Fdg. 
Sej)!. 25, b^45 ; r in Dam. lour ytars; c to K. in 18(i3. 

Moses' chil. Annie P. b Mav'l8, 1848. Sunie K. b June 12, 
1850 ; Koseoe M. b Mar. 15, 1852. 

Isaiah L. b in Ilarwicli, Mass. ; c to N. in 18G3; m Maiy L. 
Webb, Fib, 22, 18G4 ; member of 58th lieg. Mass. Vols. ; d at 
Alexandria, Va., June 14, 18(;4. 

Isaiah L.'s chil. Freddie, b Oct. 8, 18G4. 

CLARKE. 

D-liabod. Sen., c from Kittery, and settled near Dam. Alills; 
nil'.'itienee l^lackstone ; had einht sons and two dani^Mtei's, bnt 
born, it is su))])oscd, beibre lluy c to N. Their sons, Stevens 
and Fenjamin, went on a bunting excursion Fastwaid and set- 
tUd in Trenton, Frenclnnan's Ji-iy. Ichabod (bllowed the sea; 
r in Fortland. On a return voyane, vessel was wreeketl at Port. 
Ilaibor and lu; was diowned '"in si^ht of home." 

James — "Uncle Jimn)y" — taken fioni ;i vessel and kept a 
prisoner 3 yrs. when his dau<;luer l*atience was a babe. Klisha, 
r in Jeff, on West side of Dam. Pond. William, r at "Head of 
Ibe Pond. ' John, r on '"Fast side of the Pond," supposed in 
Nob.; left 3 <Iau.. but i.o sons. Ebeuczer — yonuiicst child — 
in Abigail Hall when lie was 24 yis. of age and she was 19, 
She was cousin to him; and her mother's name was Lydia 
i>lackstont\ 

The homestead was at the corner of the roads near where 
E])hraim, Jun., now lesides. Alter he leit the Garrison, he huilt 
a log house and lived in it i'or a time. '1 he first fiamed house 
that he bnilt, was afterwards moved away and is now the main 
j)ortion of the house in which Ejihraim, Jvit ., now resides. His 
house was burnt a few years since, when the family records were 
entirely consumed. He d Ap. 7, 1830, ag 8G. His wile d Ap. 
30, 1841, ag 92. 



GENEALOGY. 367 

One of the (l:m m UuUiiis ; settled whore the l;)te Jo-ihiiM 

Liiicohi r. '1 he otlier m Jones; i in .leff. .Iose[)h Jones 

of .Jeff, anil James Jones of Thoni. iiro her grandsons. 

Third (xe)ierath)u. — Khene/er's cliil. 1, Sanuiel, h)st in a 
missing vessel. 2, Benjnrnin, \\\ Hannah Kandall ; d Aug. IS, 
is.i^, ag 77. 3, Kljjnezer, Jan., d Jan. .>, 17'.>2, ag 3 yrs! 4, 
E|)hrain), \\\ Mary Ford of Jetf. ; (howiied in Dam. I^ond, Deo. 
8, 1837, ag .53. " Henry, b 17.S7: d .May 27, 18H, ag 07. 
Lydia, m Jo!in Leishman of Bontli. Naney, \\\ Dr. Jolin JJirds- 
ley of Providenee, K. I.; d July 7, 1-^47, ag 72. Sarah, m 
iM-njinniM Lim-ohi ; d .Ap. 17, 1847, ag 74. Jane, m Charles 
Clarke; d June 24, 18,5S, ag 7'.). 

Fourth Generation. — Samuel's chll. Abigail, ni Ivory Lord» 
of Fi'eedoni. 

BenjiMiin's cliil. Hobert, d Mir. o, 1S32, ag 22. Isaac 11, 
Liinl Agent ; r in Han. Ephraini L, r in lioekport. Me. l>t.'nj. 
P^ranklin, ni Mary Elizabeth S|).inl(ling, of Palmyra ; .Member of 
Co. K. 1(5 Keg. Me. Vols.; d at Belle Plain, Va. Iluldah r in 
Boston. Abby, m Silvester Sweet of Bar. ; r in Ban. .\nna 
ICliz.ibeth, m .lolin Hopkins, Jan. 27, 18.53. Sarah, \\\ Mars'.i;dl 
liyer of B.in. 

Ephraim's ehil. .Mary, b iNIay 1, 1S21, m Warren S. Jones; 
d .Mar. 25, 1880. Julia' A. b July 2".), 1822, m George T. Car- 
ter, Hardware Merchant, Bos. Caroline L. b Dee. 23, 1824; iq 
Peleg Ilussey of Jrlf. ; d in (ireenburo", M.I. iX'e. 2G, 1S(J3. 
John L'.'islnnan, b Dee. 21, 1826; m Arlind.i Emeline P.dmer of 
Nol). Ap. 2,5, 18.5!). Arlind.i, b Jan. 13, 183t). C.itharine Au- 
gusta, b June 7, 182'J ; m George L. Murphy of Jeff; r in l^ort 
Huron, Michigan. Lovesta VV. b Aug. 22, 1831 ; m Bjnj.amia 
F. Jones of Nob. ; r in X. ; member ol Co. I, 31st l\ej:t. .Maine 
Vols. Frank, b Oct. 7, 183.5 ; m 1st, Ruth Ann Lins(Mlt of 
Jell", who d h'eb. 19, 1872. 2tl, Lucy Chesley Howard, who was 
b in Sidney Dec. 28, 18.53 and m J.ui. 17, 1873. Ephraim, b Feb. 
27, iM.iS; m Sophronia M.iria Laler of Brein. Nov. 2, 18.J3. 
Corporal of C'o. I, 32d liegt. Me., \\>ls. llonor.ibly discharged 
at tlie consolidation of 3 1st and 32(1 .M.dne liegt. 

b^ifth Generation. — John Leishm.-in's chil. Julia C. b Xov, 
29, 18 j(). Love.sta \V. b Nov. 9, 1S,5S. Orlando P. b Aug. 12. 
1 -iJJ ; d Aug. 20, H31. Bert!iea:i .\. b Nov. l(i, IS.')!. S.u'ah 
P, b A]). 1, 1803. Sophronia, b Aul'. 24, 1807. Orl.mdo A, b 
July 30, 1872. Homer C, b Xov. 2.5, 1870. 

Frank's cliil. 1st, Caroline August.i, b July. 2d, Augusta M, 
1) May II, 18.59; m Everett E Ueed, Aug. 1881 ; r in Lewiston. 
3d. ;i son ; d in inf. 4th, Lizzie Thorne, b .Fan. 13, 1807. .5lh, 
a d.iu ; d in inf Chil. by 2d w. 1st, Frank Leonas, b May 19, 



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GENEALOGY. 



1874. 2d, Ida Howard, b Oct. 20, 1876. .3d, Mary Ann, b m 
Ani^usta, Dec. 27, 1880. 

E])lir:iin), Juii.'s cliil. 1st, i\rtliur Tomliiison, b Oct. 27, 1804. 
2(1. Susie C, b June 1, 18(;8. 

Jauies ; in Hannah Youul!:; e ironi Dover, N. H. ; built the 
liouse and settled where Lydia Clark, his granddaughter now r. 

James' chil. 1, Patience; m Thonias Calderwood ; d Dec. 
2o, 182.1. 2, James, Juu. ; m 1st, Hamiah Given ; 2d, Patience 
Jones of Jeff". ; r in .1. ,'5, Jose]»h m Betsey Kennedy of Jeff. ; 
r iii J. 4, John, b Jan. 1, 1775; ni JNlary Calderwood of Br. 
Sept. 19, 1811. 5, Betsey, m John Jones of J eft". 6, Susan. 
7, JVIary, d young. 8, George, in Jane Ames of Jetf. ; r io 
Washington. 9, Major Charles; m Jane Clark; d Feb. 20, 
1845. 

Third Generation. — John's chil. 1, Joseph, b July 8, 1812 ; 
m Poxanna Gove of Erg. ; r in E. 2, John, b Nov. 13, 1814; 
d Nov. 13, 1855. 3, William, b Dec. 20, 1816; m Abigail 
Coombs of Nob. ; r in Virginia. Mary, b June 9, 1819; d 
young. 5. James, b Oct. 9, 1821. 6, Albert, b June 13, 1824 ; d 
in N. York. 

jMajor Charles' chil. 1, Frank drowned ag. 24. 2, Eben, 
m Martha Jane Tomlinson of Nob. ; Oct. 28, 1840. 3, Samuel, 
d in N. Orleans, ag about '25. 4, Soplua, b Mar. 4, 1811 ; m 
Frank Sniithwick. 5, Charles, d ag 3 yrs. 6, L}dia. 7, Wil- 
liam and Abigail, twins ; d young. 9, Ephraim, d ag 2 yrs. 
10, Catharine, m Hoger Haiiley ; r in Mass. 11, James, b — 
m Arietta Simpson; killed by the fall of a limb, in Virginia; 
Mar. 1849. 12 Sarah, m Arad Hatch, of Bristol. 13, Jane, m 
William Pierce of Mass. 14, Charles, b May 1824; m Sarah 
Jane Brown ; r in Charlestown, Mass. 

Fourth Generation. — Eben's chil. Willis, b June 17, 1849. 
Charles Angustiis, b June 21, 1851. 

Leander Clark, son of James Clark, b Jan. 31, 1842 ; in 
Sarah Emily Perkins Ap. 11, 1803. 

Leander's chil. 1, Samuel W, b Dec. 4,1864. 2, Theodore 
L, b May 6, 1869. 



CLIFFORD. 

Jotham D. b in ]']dg. ; c to N. in 1841 ; merchant ; ni 1st w, 
Lucinda C Holmes July 13, 1840: Lucinda d Dec. 9, 1855; m 
2il w, Isabelle Curtis June 20, 1859 ; Isabclle d June 0, 1865; 
m 3d vv, Sarah W. Flye May 7, 1800 ; Sarah d Feb, 25, 1867. 

Jotham D's chil by 1st w. 1, Emma R, b Feb. 26, 1852. 
2, Lucy n, b Jan. 19, 1854. Chil by 2d w. 3, Clara Belle, b 
July 18, 1860. 4, Mary H, b June 29, 1862. 5, Lizzie Jane, b 



GENEALOGY. 369 

Mar. 14, 1805: d July 1, 1865. Cliil by ;5(1 w. 1, Everett, b 
Feb. 25, 18G7. 

C O N V E R S . 

Hon. Joliii II; b in Durliam Dee. 27, ISOS; jnepared fur 
college at Keadtield Seiiiinary ; <>ra(l. at Bowdoin 1^80; studied 
law with K lielelier, Esq., W'insjj & iS'oljle, Mieliijiaii, and Josiah 
JMiteliell, Freei)ort. Beyan practice in Nob. ; n\ Mary A Counce 
of Belfast, June 6, ]83<); c to N. in 18,58; was De])Uty Col- 
lector from lSo3 to 1857 ; a])i)ointed Judue of Pr(jbate Ap. 18G4, 
and was el in tbe tollowin<r Sept. to the same otlice. 

Hon. John IL's chil. 'l, William H, b ]\lar. 7, 18;57. 2, 
Frank II, b Feb. 19, 1843. 

COOK. 

David, b in Easthain, INIass., 1772; c to X. ; m Betsev (\uni» 
bell. Mar. 4, 1813 : sea ra])tain"; d Feb. 24, 1848. 

Capt. David's chil. James, b Aj). 9, 1814; sea captain; m 
1st, Elizabeth Kennedy, Dec. 19, 1843: 2d, Pamelia D. Melius 
of Dam. Mar. o, 1857; r in Buffalo, N Y. ; d Jan. 23, 1802. 
Sarah Jane, b Jan. 13, 1818; m Nathan Pa.irc Ap. 22, 1850. 

Tldrd Generation. — Ca[)t. James' chil. 1, Emma, b May 11, 
1845. 2, Charles J, b Sej)!. 17, 1854; m Carrie" L. Beed of 
Wnichendon, Mass. 3, Henry .M, b Dec. 1. 1857; m ^Nlary L 
Huev, Dec. 25, 1880; r in Cambridueport, Mass. 4, PJlie S, b 
Oct.* 11, 1859. 5, Famelia A, b Oct. 1801 ; d July 11, 1877. 

c ( ) ( ) p ]•: K . 

Leonard, c from Rowley, ^lass. ; settled on the faiin and 
built the house afterwards owned by Thomas Kennedy. 

Leonard's chil. Peter, Jedediah, Ezekiel, Moses, Jesse, 
Susan, Hannah. Peter m 2d w Widow Woodman; Moses m 
Widow Tarr ; Jesse m Hannah Nickels. 

Third Generation. — Jesse's diil. Sally, b A\\^^. 27, 1778; 
m Samuel Gray of Al. ; Fanny, b Mar. 2, 1780; d youn<;. 
James N, b Mar. 29, 1782; m Sally Little; r in Pi'ltst(.n. 
Fanny, b Feb. 19, 1784; d young. Jesse, b t'eb. 8, 1785; d 
MLied 15. Alexander, b Feb. 10, 1787 ; m IJetsey G Nickels of 
Br. r in Pittston ; d Mar. 11, 1838. Leonard, b Sept. 10, 1789 ; 
d youny;. Ruth, b Sept. 9, 1791 ; d young. Hannah L, b Sejit. 
1, 1794; m William Ames. Leonard, b July 4, 1790; m' Abi- 
gail Weeks of Jeff. ; d in M'.ntville, Oct. 0, 1803. Willi.im, b 
duly 7. 1798; m Francis Wilder; r in Pittston. Ciilmore, b 
June 17, 1800; m, Lucia Lewis of Wiiit. ; r in Searsmont ; d iu 
Cal. July 21, 1861. 



374 GENEALOGY. 

ert Bickford of Dres., Oct. 6, 1831. 3, Eliza, b Mar. o, 1808 : 
ni Capt. Samuel Wilson, Oct. 6, 1S31 ; r in Ed<^. 4, Emily, 1> 
Nov. 17, 1810; m Willam Kentiiston ot Booth.; d Jan.'28. 
1835. .% Richard, b Ap. 12, 1814; m Maria l)od^re of Edo-.. 
Nov. 29, 1849. 6, Nancy, b Aui; 23, 1815; d Feb. 21, 183S. 
7, Newell A, b June 16, 1*820; m Thirza Goud of Dies., Jan. 6, 
1846; r in Dres. H, Candine Bailey, b Jan. 27, 1824 ; m Capt. 
Joshua Blenn of Dres. Dee. 27, 1842; d Aii<r. 16, 1858. 9, 
Cordelia G, b May 22, 1825; ni William Heath' of Jett'., Ap. 16, 
1816. 

Fourth Generation. — Josiah's chil. Ann, b Sept. 19, 1817. 
George Freeman, b Se]>t. 25, 1819, d in inf. Charles Atvvood, b 
Dec. 7, 1820 ; drowned at the age of 14; George Washington, b 
Nov. 24, 1822; m Sarab Linscot, Dec. 27, 18.50, of JefT" Mar- 
garet, b P'eb. 10, 1825, d ag. 22. Hebzibeth, b Mar. 7, 1827, m 
James Kidder ; r in Charlestovvn, Mass. Augustus Ring, b May 
31, 1829 ; m Fraucena B. W. Ch:ipin ; r in Chelsea, Mass. Mary 
Jane, b Oct. 1, 1831. Soplironia Abigail, b Feb. 25, 1834. 
Charles Oliver, b Mar. 13, 1836; m Martha Davidson of Edg. 
Ap. 16, 1863. 

Fifth Generation. — George W^asbington's chil. 1, Margaret 
A. U May 11, 1851. 2, Addie F. b Ap. 24, 1853. 3, Clara B. 
b Oct. 20. 1855. 4, Hiram F, b May 15, 1858. 5, Ad.lie E; b 
Ap. 27, 1861. 6, George F, b Jan 21, 1864. 

Hezekiah c from Ipswich ; m Mary McKaffery, 1787, who 
resi<led in the family of James Little of N. 

Hezekiah's chil, 1, James, b Jan 9, 1789; m Mary Little ; r 
in N. and Bruns. ; d about 1860. 2, Sally, b Nov. 16, 1791. 
3, Alexander, b Ap. 18, 1792; m Susan "Cargill of Wis. 4, 
Fanny, b Nov. 26, 1793; m Charles Seavy. 5, Abiaham, b 
July 30, 1795 ; d ag 14. 6, Margaret, b Ap 27, 1797 ; m Zeri 
Bailey of Wis.; r in Bruns. 7, Hanniih, b Dec. 'I'l^ 1798; m 
Charles Seavy; r in Bruns. 8, William, b Ap. 1, 1801; m 
Jane Ridlon, Mar. 2, 1825. 9, Arthur, b Mar 28, isu3; m 
Sarah Kingsbury of Wis. 10, Robert; b Sept. 23, 1806; ,„ 
Louisa Fales of Thomaston. 11, Mary, b Jan. 5, 1809; p^ 
Rose well Wilson of Edg. 

William's chil. 1, trancis, b Jan. 3, 1827; m Rosanna Cray- 
ness of Philadelphia; r in Cal. 2, J.ames A, b June 7, 1829; 
d in inf. 3, Sarah K, b June 16, 1832 ; m Thomas Marsden of 
Edg. 4, Albert C, b July 16, 1834; r in Cal. 5, James, b 
Nov. 3, 1839 ; d in Sumatra, May 2, 1857. 

Enoch b in Fdg., Jan. 6, 1791 ; m Eliza Clifford who was b 
in E. Jan. 17, 1797, the 21st of July 1813; c to N. in 1814; 
Enoch d Oct 9, 1853. 



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GENEALOGY. 375 

Eiiocirs chil. 1, Jnli;i vVnii, b J.in. 2, 1815 ; rn Ilartlcv G Wil- 
liams ; (1 July H), 1S:)4. 2, ClKiiles, b May U, ISIU ; In Sanih 
W Do(li,re, ot' Edg., June 10, 18;^^. 3, Thom:is, b Feb. 4, 1818 ; 

d St-pt. 6, 1818. 4, Sulliv.in, b Sept. 11, 1819; ni 

r in Bos. 5, llachol, b Feb. 3, 1821 ; m Joseph Reed of Bos. 

6, Isaac, b, Sept. 25. 1822; in Arabelle Kennedy, Dec. 31, 1850. 

7, Eliza Ana, b Oct 14, 1824: m Benj. F. lliissell ; r in Bo3. 
and Portsnioutii. 8, Enoch, Jun., b Dec. 6, 1826; m Alniiri 
Colby ot Liberty, May 8. 1856. i), AHVeda, b Oct. 18, 1828: in 
Edmund Cheney ; r in E. Bos. 10, Susan, b Dec. 30, 1829 ; m 
Charles McKeuuey of Bos. 11, Jane, b Jan. 18, 1830; m 
Hiram VVinthrop of l>os. 12, VVinthrop 1st, b Oct. 16, 1831 ; 
d Ap. 29, 1832. 13, VVinthrop 2d, b Feb. 3, 1833; in Mary 
Liirht of Ed^^, J:in 15, 1860. 14, Spencer, b Sept. 7, 1834 ; m 
Lizzie Park of Dorchester, Mass. ; r in Bos. 15, .Joseph 1st, b 
Oct. 28, 1836; d Feb. 13, 1837. 16, Joseph 2d, b Nov. 20, 
1839; d Ap. 30, 1842. 

Third (xenerallon. — Charles' chil. 1, Nellie, b Aii<^. 11, 1839 ; 

2, Everd Lacy, b Aug. 2, 1841 ; in Annie Hildreth of Booth., 
Dec. 1863 ; r in Bos. 3, Fanny A, b June 22, 1843 ; r in Bos. 
4, Bradford, b Jan. 16, 1846. 5, Emma, b M:u-. 29, 1848. G, 
Walter, b Jan. 30, 1851. 7, Clara Lillian, b .June 22, 1853. 8, 
Nathaniel, b Mar. 11, 1856. 9, Ada, b Mar. 14, 1859. 

Enoch's chil. 1, M:infred C, b Oct. 11, 1856. 2, Norman 
O, b Mar. 31, 1858. 3, Harland 11, b Oct. 15, 1801. 

Third Geueration. — Winthrop's chil. 1, Sullivan P, b Sept. 

3, 1862. 2, Arasted D, b June 23, 1864. 3, Fre.ldv C, b Aug. 
9, 1865. 4, Herbert F, b Sept. 30, 1866. 5, Wuithrop E, b 
Nov. 5, 1867. 6, Alonzo H, b Ap. 29, 1869. 7, Minnie M, b 
Sept. 7, 1870. 8, Hattie H, b June 14, 1872. 9, Aliza R, b 
March 7, 1S74. 10, Lottie R, b Ap. 17, 1876. 11 and 12, 
Clarence C, and Clarry C, b Aug. 23, 1877. 13, Emmer, b Sept. 
27 188J. 

Daniel, brother of F^noch, b in EIlc. Nov. 25, 1793 ; m Eliza- 
beth Somes, Dec. 24, 1812; d Mar. 24, 1862; c to N in 1817. 
Elizabeth, b Mar. 17, 1791. 

Daniel's chil. I, Mary b, June 3, 1813; m .Tason Light of 
Edg. Dec. 7, 1833. 2, Francis, b June 13,1815; m Adeline 
Stearns, Nov. 26, 1835. 3. M:ilinda, b .Ian. 16, 1818; m Henry 
Page of Bos. Mar. 21. 1814. 4, Koyal, b Jan. 26, 1820; in 
Lucy Haggett, Nov. 19, 1843. Lucy, d .Mar. 22, 1852. 5, 
Daniel, b Mar. 16, 1822 ; m .M;iria Sherman, Nov. 23, 1845. 6, 
Elizabeth, b June 26, 1824; m Joseph Emerson of Edg. Nov. 
27, 1846, 7, Monitio, b .Fan, 16, 1S26; m Sarah Angeline 
Adams, Oct. 9, 1851. 8, Martha S, b Jan. 4, 1829 ; m Amos 



372 GENEALOGY. 

D. Clifford, June 20, 1859 ; d June 6, 1865. 2, Winfield Scolt, 
SeaCipt. I) Feb. 4, 1S39; in Knunn C, Holmes, June 6, 1804. 

Fourth Generation — Capt. Winfield Scott's chil. 1, Estellc, 
b June 9, 1865. 

Weston A. b in Jeff. iNIay 14, 1835; ni Annie E. Enierv ot 
Fairfield, Dec. 26, 1861 ; c'to N. in 1863. 

Weston A.'s chil. Walter, b Feb. 1S63 : d in inf. 

Stodiiard, b in Br. in 18J3 ; ni Priscilhi Chapman of Nob. ; c 
to N. about 1826; d Nov. 1862. 

Stoddard's chil. Jerusha, m Jeremiah Erskine of Al. ; r in 
A. Sally C, d Nov. 23, 1842. Adoniram J. b May 4, 1830 ; m 
Susan P. Fowles of West. Dec. 21, 1855. Augustus, m Almira 
Donnell of Al. ; d 1863. Amariah K. m 1, Mary Erskine of Al. 
Dec. 19, 1863. She d Dec. 7, 1878; m 2, Jennie H. Austin, 
Jan. 12, 1881. George B, d Oct. 1863. Sally E, d Dec. 22, 
1848. 

Amariah K.'s chil. 1, John E. b Dec. 26; 1864. 2, Mary 
Bell, b Ap. 25, 1868. 3, Alton K. Nov. 7, 1878. 

Third Generation. — Adoniram J.'s cliil. Ella Augusta, b 
July 17, 1857. George Gilbert, b Dec. 28, 1859. Clara T. b. 
Aug. 17, 1852. 

Dea. 'James Curtis, father of Stoddard, c from Bris. to N. in 
1847 ; d Oct. 1862 ag. 84. 

C U S H M A N . 

Peter L. b in Brem. Nov. 5, 1827.; m July 4, 1858, Vilen- 
dia Morton of Br. Vilendia, b Oct. 28, 1841. 

Peter L.'s chil. Jumes P. b. July 22, 1859. Mary Jane, b 
Aug. 2, 1863. 

DAVIS. 

Capt. Francis, b in St. George Aug. 29, 1796; m 1st, Mary 
Jane Kelleran, Oct. 4, 1807 ; m 2d, Asenath II Taylor, Nov. 20, 
1841 ; c to N. in 1841 ; d July 9, 1848. 

Capt. Francis' chil. 1, Mary Frances, b Aug. 27, 1828; m 
Capt. Timothy Weston of Brem., Dec. 13, 1853 ; r in Brem. 2, 
Benjamin Franklin, b Aug. 2, 1830; lost in a missing ship in 
1851, on a voyage from Bos. to Cal. 3, Maria Louisa, b Sept. 
19, 1832 ; d young. 

DECKER. 

Larkin II, b in Wis. Ap, 4, 1819 ; r in Edg. ; c to N. 1847 ; m 
Mary Jane Genthner of Nob. May 10, 1847. Member of 21st 
Reg. Me. vols; ; d at New Orleans, June 19, 1863. 



GENE.\LOGY. 373 

Lnvkin H's cliil. 1, Nancy H, b Aiiir. 5, 1S4S. 2, Williiiin 
Hnrtley, h A\). 10, l8ol. 3. 'Mary C, hMny 80, 1854. 4, Ara- 
belle, b Ap. 1859. 5, Gertnule, h Dec. 12,"l8(il. 

DELANO, 

Orlando L, b at Wool., I)e(;. 22, 1800; \n Rachel Grovcr, 
Oct. 18, 1S31. Kachel Grover, b Oct. 18, 18U9; c to N. in 
1835. 

Orlando's cliil. I, Clara, b Nov. 4, 1839. 

DODGE. 

Col. Paul; c from T])s\vich, Mass. 1777; when his ohlcst son 
Davul was 1 1 years of age : m Sarah Dodge of Ipswich ; d 
Dec. 20, 1S20. 

Col. Paul's chil. 1, David, m 1st Phebe Tufts; 2d, Jane 
Huston of Wal. ; 3, Abiirail Johnston; d Feb. 1845. 2. Lois, 
ni John Perkins; r in NoI». 3, Isaac, m Rachel Pinj;. 4, .\sa 
m Hhoda I^odge ; lost at sea ab 1796. 5, Dea. Washingtoii, b 
Mar. S 1778 ; m Nancy Perkins, Dec. 13, 1802 ; d Sept. 2!'», 1 S55. 

Third (reneration. — David's chil. by 1st w. — 1, David, Jun., 
Ill Jernsiia Perkins; r in X. and Jeff. 2, Ezekiel. 3, Josiah, b 
Mar. 17, 1792; ni Margaret Downey. Oct. 13, 1810; Margaret, 
d Fel). II, 1^02. 4, Hepz.bath, in Charles Gray; r in Jeif. 5, 
Frank, d young of consumption. 6, George, d young ot con- 
8uini)tioii. 7, Abigail, d young of consumption. 8, Lucy, d 
young of consumption. 9, Lois, d young. 10, Mary Jane, d 
young. 

David's chil by 2d w. 1, David, d in inf. 2, Lucy m Jason 
Dodge. 3, Elizabeth, m Calvin Dodge. 

DaviiVs chil by 3d \v. 1, David, in Helen Preble. 2, Emily 
AbiLTMil, "1 P^'ed Whiieliouse ;' r in E. 1)0S. 

I'/ilrd Generation. — Isaac's chil. 1, Michael, b 1704. 2, 
Hannah, b ab 1796. 3, Cyrus, b — ; m Rachel Fossett of Br. 
4, Sarah, m Col. James V'arnev of l^r. Mills. 5, Asa, b Nov. 0, 
18)2; grad. at Bow. Coll. 1827 ; Missionary of A. B. C. F. M., 
at Beyroot, Asia Minor; ni Mary Merrill of Port.; d Jan. 28, 
1835. 6, Racliel. 7, William, m Elizabeth Tilton of Br. ; r in 
Bos. 8, Hon. Jolin Calvin, b Nov. 1«10; grad. at Bow. Coll. 
1834; lawyer; m Lucy Sherman of Edg. ; r in Cam., Mass.; 
office in Bos. 

Asa's chil. 1, Almira, m Joshua Webb. 

Third Generation. — Dea. Washington's clul. 1, Oliver, b 
Feb. 7, 1804; in Martha D Wade, of Wool, May 8, lS2r. ; 
d Oct. 6, 1833. 2, Mary, b Mar 12, 1806; m Capt. Rob- 



370 GENEALOGY. 

OOTHRAN. 

James, b in Edi;. Sept. 2, 1817; m Caroline Kennedy, June 
6, 1841 ; c to N. ill 1856 ; d Feb. i;^, 1861. 

James' cliil. Louisa, b .lune 6, 1842 ; m Charles Donobne of 
N. Y. Elbridge, b Oct. 3, 1843. Woodard, b Dec. 19, 1844. 
Orinda, b Sept. 9, 1H46; d Feb. 11, 1848. 
CUNNINGHAM. 

John, sen ; of English descent ; c to N. from York about 1733 ; 
m Sarah Ballantine ; purchased lot No. 8, of James Bowles, 
Tappan's survey ; kept a public house. This property has since 
been in family name. 

John Sen.'s chil. 1, Capt. John Jr. m Mary Cargill ; d about 
1823. 2, Isaac, Sea Capt. ; d at sea ; r at Wis. 3, Thomas, m 
Nancy Cargill, May 6, 1790. 4, Elizabeth, d a. 16. 5, Capt. 
Alexander.^b ah. 1757; m 1st, Mary Payson of Wis.; 2d, Mar- 
garet Murray, Nov. 11, 1802 ; r at Wis. and N. ; d Aug. 1840, 
a. 84. 6, Mai'garet, m William Kenuedy of Jeff, r in J. 7, 
William, d young. 8, James, d young. * 9, Sarah, m Christo- 
pher Woodbridge, r at South end of '-Woodbridge's Neck." 

10, Cspt. Samuef, b Jan. 8, 1763 ; m Jane Simpson, Aug. 1795; 
I- on homestead ; d Jan. 8, 1822. Jane d Jan. 18, 1849. 

Third Ge)ieration.— John Jr.'s chil. John, b Oct. 27, 1779 ; 
d 1793. Polly, b Mar. 1. 1781. Nancy, b Oct. 22, 1782. 
Sarah, b Mar. 6, 1784. Betsey, b Ap. 22, 1786. Jane, b Ap. 
4; 17^9. 

Thomas' chil. Thomas, Jr. b July 1, 1790. Henry, b Oct. 
28,1793. Sophia, b Ap. 4, 1789; m Capt. Robt. Lennox. 
Mary Jane, b Jan. 16, 1808; m Thomas Wiseman. 

Capt. Samuel's chil. 1, Samuel, Jun. b Aug. 7, 1796; d June 
6, 1821. 2, Elizabeth, b Aug. 10, 1798 ; m Capt. Wm. Hopkins, 
Aug. 20, 1835. 3, Sarah, b May 14, 1800 ; m Thomas Emmons, 
Esq., of Georgetown, Sept. 7, 1852. 4, William, b. Jan. 30, 1802 ; 
m, Emeline U. Curtis, Dec. 15, 1836 ; Killed descending "J)ark 
Swamp Hill"' with his team, Jan. 26, 1854. 5, Seth, b Jan. 27, 
1804 ; d Oct. 28, 1807. 6, Mary Ann, b Ap. 28, 1805 ; d Nov. 

11, 1807. 7, Jane, b Ap. 30, 1807 ; d ag. 22. 8, Julia Ann, b 
Mar. 1, 1809 ; m Charles Judkins of Keadtield, Jan. 29, 1835. 
9, John, b. Feb. 5, 1811 ; m Dec. 29, 1848, Harriet Heald of 
Georgetown. 10, Harriet, b July 27, 1814; m Nathaniel 
Austin, Esq. of Dam. Ap. 11, 1853. 11, Willard, b June 10, 
1817; ra Elizabeth Kelley of Boothbay, Oct. 1850; r m Cal. 

12, George, b Ap. 29, 1820; d Oct. 10, 1854. 

Cupt. Alexander's chil. 1, Clarrissa P. b Oct. 29, 1803; m 
John Murray, Feb. 28, 1824. 2, Mary, b Feb. 4, 1805- ~ 



m 



GENEALOGY. 37] 

Dnvid M. Cunnin.<rhani of Jeff. ; r in White. 3. Eineline, h Sept 
11, 1S06; 1- in Hos. 4, Alexander. Jr. b Au-r. 19, LSO.S • m 
M.-M-ia Webl.er of Gar.l. ° 

Fourth 6rV??.em<^«.— Alexander's eliil. 1, Adeline, 1) Aut. 
^% IH41 ; ni Cluir.es A. Wadswortli, r in Au<,uista. 2, Diuctta 
b July 30, 1842 ; m A. P. Gould, r in Augusta. 3, Abl.y Ann', 

Charles, b Ap. 2l^ 1792 ; ni Mary Ilutehings of Edg. Feb. 7, 
181'); r on the island ; d Feb. 14, 1804. 

Charles eliil. l,Capt. Alexander, b Mar. 18, 1819; m Ann 
Seavy of Wis. ; r ij) VV. ; d Sept. 29, 18()0. 2. Robert, b May 
13, 1820; lost from ship Canton when goiuir into Hos., Feb. 12, 
1842. 3, William, b Dec 9, 1823 ; d May 1^3, 1826. 4, Martha', 
b Mar. 18, 182o; m James D Abbott of Jkverly, Mass.; r in 
B. 5, Enoeh, sea eapt., b Jan 7, ]82'»; d June 22, 1862. 6, 
Joseph, b Ap. 2, 1831 ; m Euniee Ellen Sherman Dec. 25. 
1860. 7, Hntehings, b Sept. 29. 1833; seaman on board U. S. 
Steamer Niagara. 8, Elijah, b Sept. 20, 183o; member of 4th 
Maine Keg. for 2 years ; honorably discharged. 9, iMaruaret, b 
leb. 14, 1837 : m 1st, Alexander Cainjibell ; 2d, William Lynch- 
d Mar. 18, 1862. 10, C harles. b Oct. 13, 1842 ; d May 8, 1.S48. 

2'hird Gene. atio7t.—.]vsiph'» chil. 1, Alexander, b May 13 
1862. 2, Margaret, b Oct. lo, 1863. 3, Ann Melia, b Dec. 12, 

William, b in Edg. Aug. 19, 1815; c to N. about 1842; m 
Charlotte Foster of Br., Mar. hO, 1846. 

Williams chil. 1, Leander, b Aug. 20, 1847. 2, i\;arv Eliz- 
abeth, b Ap. 27, 1850. 

CURTIS. 

Seth Curtis, Esq. b in Hanover, Mass. Jan. 6, 1756 ; c to Br 
in Lydia Hatch, Feb. 16, 1795; c to N. Feb. 1795; d Dec' 
29, 1834. Lydia, d June 23, 1866. 

Seth's chil. 1, Lucinda, b Mav 1, 1796; m Capt. John 
Holmes. 2, Seth Jr., Sea Capt; b Dec. 19, 1797; m Mary 
Dole of Hallowell. Lost at sea in a missing vessel which left 
Aj^alachicola for N. Y. July 29, 1838. 3, Joseph Esq. b July 
10, I80J; m Eliza Jane Averill, Ap. 15, 1834. 4, Abigail S. b 
Aug. 4. 1803; m Dr. Ichabod Irish of Wasliin<rton,''julv 30, 
1844 ; d Ap. n, 1861. 5, Reuben, b June 22, 180(i ; d (K-'t. 22, 
1806. 6, Emeline. b Dec. 16, 1812; m William Cuimin.diam, 
Dec. 17, 1836. 

7%ird Ge?i€ration.— Seth, Jun.'s chil. Two chil, twins^, d in 
inf 

Joseph Esq's chil. 1, Isabelle, b Dec. 25, 1834; m Jothain 



376 GENEALOGY. 

Flye of Edg., Dec. 25, 1849. 9, Eiiuice, 1) July 20, 1S8I ; rri 
Epliraiin Cushiuan of Taunlon, Mar. 20, 1H52. 10, Malvina, b 
Mov. 7, 1834; in Addison Trask of Kdg., Oct. 12, 1854. 

27urd Generation. — Francis' cliil. I, llosira P, b Aui>-. 2;) ; 
1836; in Albert Trask of Edl,^, June 8, 1858. 2, Koval I., b 
Feb. 14, 1837. 3, Julilta B, b Nov. 14, 1839. 4, Mary K, b 
Oct. 29, 1841 ; m Ednmiid Brii>hani of ]>os., formerly of Tein 
pleton, Jan. 10, 1863. .Alartlia A, b J>ept. 5, 1864. 5, Lucinda 
W, b Nov. 17, 1843 ; m Dunbar IX Averill of Cal.. forinerlv of 
N. Sept. 1, 1861. Their son Charles F, b June 20, 1862^ d 
Mar. 3, 1865. 6, Nancy G,b Oct. 6, 1845. 7, Bertha A, b Mar. 
8, 1848; d Jan. 26, 1850. 8, Frank F, b Mar. 22, 1851. 9, 
Sanborn W, b May 16, 1853. 

Third Generation. — Horatio's cliil. 1, Jonathan, b Feb. 12, 
1853. 2, Ftnina C, b Feb. 17, 1855. 3, Daniel O, b Feb. 17, 
1857 ; d Oct. 16, 1858. 4, Orrin, b Sept. 39, 1859 ; d Sept. 29, 
1861. 5, Dora M. b Jan. 9, 1852. 6, Irvin, b May 3, 1865. 

Jason, b in Edo-. Sept. 16, 1810; c to N. 184 J; m Lucy 
Dodge, Oct. 6, 1840. 

Ja^son's chil. 1, P:verett N. b Jan. 6, 1847. 2, Arvilla W. b 
Ap. 13, 1854. 3, Mary E. b Nov. 7, 1856. 

Calvin, b in Edo-. Mar. 16, 1825; c to N. ab. 1841 ; ni Eliza- 
beth Dodge, Nov." 1849. 

Calvin's chil. 1, Ellen Frances, b June 16, 1851. 2, Howard 
A. b Aug. 9, 1853. 3, Herbert Huston, b Feb. 27, 1856. 4, 
Frank VVilder, b Aug. 19, 1859. 

Ebenezer, brother to Jason and Calvin, bin Edg. Dec. 23, 1829 ; 
c to N. in 1848 ; m Eineline T. Averill of Al.^Mav 13, 1852 ; 
Emeline T, b Oct. 29, 1836. 

Ebenezer's chil. Alphratta, b June 2, 1854. Willard, b 
Sept. 2, 1856. Ferdinand b Aug. 24, 1858. Henry P. b Feb. 
24, 1860. OiTin, b Mar. 24. 186L Woodbury, b Mar. 23, 1863. 

Luther Webb, b Mar. 3, 1818, in Edg. in EHzabeth Haggett of 
Edg. Feb. 17, 1845 ; c to N. 1857. 

Luther W.'s chil. 1, Lincoln IL b iNIay 14, 1846. 2, George 
Everard, b Mar. 10, 1849. 3, Edwin Luther, b Ap. 3, 1852. 

D O N N J<: ]. L . 

Kingsbury, b in liath Feb. 18, 1795 ; c to N. 1819 ; in Nancy 
Chase,"Scpt. 24; 1822. 

Kingsbury's chil. 1, William C. b Feb. 26, 1S25; Teacher; 
r in Cal. 2, Mary Ann, b Nov. 3, 1829 ; ni Dwight Hailey, 
July 3, 1856; r in Port. 3, Emeline G. b May 3, 1833. 



GENEALOGY. 377 

DUNBAR. 

Solomon m Priscilla Gliddeii. 

Solomon's chil. 1, Susannah, b Feb. 28, 1774. 2, Polly, b 
Sept. 20, 1778. 3, Anne, b Jan. 25, 1781. 4, Nancy m Daniel 
Seiders. 

Edward W, b in Nob., Ap. IG, 1820 ; in Luciiula P. liurnham, 
of Edir., Nov. 4, 18o2; to N. in 18G;5. 

Edward W.'s chil. 1, Edward Everell, b Jan. 13, 18.j4. 2, 
Lizzie L, b Nov. 24, 18.5o. 3, Kendall M, b Sept. 18, 18o7. 4, 
Willie B, b Feb. 25, 1860. 5, Herbert A, b Mar. 22, 1862. 6, 
Hiittie, b Sept. 7, 1864. 

K L r. I O T . 

Andrew, b in New Sharon, N. II. .Tune 29, 1776; in Sarah 
Melvin ot Westford, Mass. Jan. 3, 1801 ; c to N. Ap. 1, 1805. 

Andrew's chil. 1, John, Con<j^. minister, b at Westford, Oct. 
5, 1801 ; fitted for Coll. at N. Academy; studied Tiieolotry with 
Rev. Dr. Heman of Troy, N. York; m 1st, Mary Ward of N. 
York ; 2d, Wi<low Arabella Newell of Auburn, Me. Preaclied 
at different places in N. Y. and Maine. 2, Sail v. b Julv 5, 
1804, at Wis. ; m Calvin Perkins July 18, 1830 ; V in Edjr'. 3, 
George W, b Dec. 7, 1807 ; r in Indiana. 4, Andrew, seacapt; 
1) Ap. 12, 1810; m Jerusha Ilussey, Mar. 23, 1835. 5, Asa, b 
Ap. 19, 1813 ; d Mar. 29, 1819. 6, Charles, b Sept. 11, 1815 ; 
grad. at Bow. Coll. 1842; d Nov. 28, 1S43. 7, Harriet N, b 
Nov. 22, 1818. 8, William, b Ap. 15, 1820; m Mary Bourni- 
man of Wal. ; d in Cal. 9, Mary M, b Dec. 14, 1823 ; m Charles 
Andrews, 1849; r in Michigan. 10, Alfred \V^, b Mar. 12, 
1828 ; m Adeline Taylor Sept. 14, 1853. 

EMERSON. 

David, b May 14,1777; c from New Hampshire; m Jane 
Jackson of Wis. ; c to N. in 1834. Jane b May 9, 1793. 

David chil. 1, Mary, d in inf. 2, Mary 2d, b 1830 ;d 1859. 
3, David, Jun., b Dec' 11, 1833; m Juli'a Matthews of Booth. 
May 7, 1857; member of 21 Keg. Me. Vols. 

Third Generation. — David .'r.'s chil. 1, W illiam Henry, b 
Aug, 1, 1860. 2, Mary Emma, b July 1, 1862. 3, Laura B'elle, 
b Feb. 6, 1864. 

K R S K I N JC . 

James, b in Al. 1773 ; c to N. when an infant an<l was 
brought up in the family of Ezekiel Laiten ; m Susan Wood- 



378 GENEALOGY. 

bridge ab ISOO ; Trader and the builder of 80 or 40 sail of ves- 
sels ; d Sept. 10, 1845. 

James cliil. 1, James Jun., b Aug 31, 1803; in 1st, Mary 
Tomliiison, 1834; 2d, Mary Jane Waters. 2, Hartley, b Sept. 
20, 180(5; m Susan P Baker June 17, 1834; Capt. of Militia. 
3, Susan, b Sept. 9, 1808; m 1st, Elbridge G. Baker, Feb. 1834; 
2d William Tukey, Aug. 17, 1845. 

IViird Generation. — James Jun.'s cbil. 1, Elbridge B, b 
Mar. 20, 1835 ; d ab 1858. 2, Mary E, b ab 1838; r'in Mass. 

3, Hannali Augusta, b ab 1843 ; r in Mass. 

Hartley's clnl. 1, ' Albert, b Oet. 5, 1835 ; d June 25, 1839. 
2, Daniel B. b July 19, 1837; m Emma Jane McLane of Al. 
Nov. 15, 1864. 3, Albert, b Oct. 3, 1841 ; killed with a horse 
rake, July 11, 1850. 4; Abby Frances, b Feb. 3, 1843. 6, Mary 
Atwood, b Dec. 1, 1845. 7," Charles Wesley, b July 11, 1S52. 

FARLEY. -^ .^ - 

Major John, son of Gen. Michael, b in Ipswich, IMass., Oct. 
I, 174G ; m Sarah Dennis of Ijjswich ab 1769 ; Sarah b Sept. 24, 
1849; c to N. probably in 1773; d Oct. 20, 1812. Sarah, d 
Oct. 1, 1828. 

Major John's chil. 1, John Jr., b at Ipswich Oct. 7, 1770 ; d 
Oct. 31, 1828. 2, Joseph, b at Ipswich, July 3, 1772; m 1st, 
Sally Jewett, dau. of Jedidiah Jewett of Pittston, 1798. Sally 
d June 25, 1804 ; m 2d, Betsey Thomas of Wald. in 1806 ; re- 
moved to Wald. in 1803, having been appointed Collector of the 
Customs for that District, by Pres. Jefferson ; d July 25, 1816. 
He was a man of decided ability. 3, Elizabeth, b at N. July 7, 
1774; m Barzillai Gannett of Gard. in 1797 ; d Sept. 18, 1845. 

4, Ebenezer. b Jan. 14, 1777 ; m Mary Wilder of New Brain- 
tree, Mass. Sept. 17, 1816; d Ap. 27, 1865. Mary Wilder, b 
at Brookfield, Mass., Oct. 5. 1787 ; d Oct. 26, 1864. 5, Sally, b 
Feb. 1, 1779; m William Hale of Exeter. N. H., 1800; d Oct. 
8. 1813. 6, Susan, b Feb. 13, 1781 ; d July 13, 1810. 7, Martha, 
bAp. 19, 1783; m Robert Brookhouse of Salem, Mass. 1806; 
d Aug. 1817. 8, Lydia, b Mar. 26, 1785 ; d Oct. 11, 1807. 9, 
Eunice, b Feb. 15, 1787; m Rev. David Thurston of Winthrop 
in 1808 ; d Ap. 1809. 10, Lucy A. b Jan. 2, 1789 : d May 26, 
1866. 11, Clarissa, b May 24, 1793; d Dec. 20, 1811. 12, 
Mary D., b Ap. 19, 1795; m Thomas Little ot Nob. 1825; d 
May 14, 1837. 

Third Generation — Ebenezer's children. 1. Hon. Ephraim 
Wilder, b Aug. 29, 1817. Member of State Senate 1856; of 
33d Congress; Grad. at Bow. Coll. 1836; d Ap. 1880. 2, 
Martha Brookhouse, b Dec. 20, 1818 ; d Jan. 2, 1830. 3, Sally, 



GENEALOGY. 379 

b Sept. 27, 1H20; ; in Charles Coo])er ot l>ati. An<;. IS, 1S47 ; v 
in Brooklyn, N. Y. 4, Frederick, b Ap. 4, 1824; <l Oct. 31, 
18n. o, Capt. Charles, b Feb. 24th, lH2i), was master of ship 
VV^ni. Sin<j;er of Thoniaston. He sailed from Hull, Eiiirlaiid, for 
New York, Saturday, Nov. 7th, 18G3, and the last intellii^ence of 
him was, Nov. IGth, 1863, when he was reported as spoken with 
in Lat. 49.10 Long. '). The ship was loaded witii coal and 
iin(h)ubtedly foundered in one of the terrific westerly g.iles, which 
prevailed in Nov. and Dec. 1S(J3 and Jan. 18(14. (J, Mary, b Oct. 
11, 1830; ni Ileiny Ingalls, Esq., lawyer ot Wis. Dec. 17, lSo5. 

FA UN H A.M . 

Capt. Alexander, b in Cooth. .May 7, 1805 ; ni Eunice Taylor 
Sept 18, 182ft. Eunice, b Aug. 30, 180G ; c to N. in 1828. 

Ca])t. Alexander's chil. Marv T, b .June 21, 182!). Alexan- 
der, .Tun., b Ap. 17, 1831 ; m liattie M Webb, Dec. 20, 1860. 
Elizabeth T, b Ap. 3, 1834; d Ap. 21, 1834. Sarah E, b May 
25, 1836; d .Tan. 22, 1851. Eunice, b Mar. 24, 1838. Laura, 
b .Ian, 21, 1841. Ephraim T, b .June 14, 1843 ; d Sept. 5, 1861. 
Frederick, b July lo, 1846; d Mar. 10, 1847. 

Third Generation. — Alexander, Jun.'s chil. Jennie, b Mar. 
20, 1864. 

F T T Z P A T R I C K . 

James, b in the county of Cavven, L, Mar. 16. 1800 ; c to N. 
in 1819; natin-alized Sept. 22, 1840; m Statira Waters, July 
13, 1821. 

James' chil. 1, Catharine, b Feb. 22, 1822; m William 
Somes of Ed;r. 2, Statira, b Ap. 10, 1823; m Joshua N. 
lioyden of Mass. 3, Nathaniel, b Feb. 24, lS2o ; d Aug. 10, 
1854. 4, Julia Ami b June 12, 1827 ; d Mar. 24, 1849. .^ 
Aaron, b July 6, 1830; d July 19, 1858. 6, John, b Ap. 4, 
1833; in Helen Turner, Jan. 1, 1861, r in liath. 7, Mary, b 
Jan. 7, 1835, r in Feltonville, Mass. 8, Hannah, b Aug. '27, 
1838: r in Feltonville, Mass. 9, William, b Feb. 27, 1841 .- r 
in Stoneham, Mass. 

F L A G G . 

William, b in Grand Menan, N. liruns, Feb. 29, 1812; 
m 1, Matilda C lAjster of Grand Menan, 1^'eb. 12, 1837; 2, Lois 
K Collier of Washington, Me., Dec 5, 1847 ; c to N. in 1851 : 
d Oct. 16, 1853. Lois E, b Fel). 18, 1824. 

William's chil. by 1st w. Capt. Smith E, b May 19, 1838; 
in the China Trade. Capt. Asa P>, b Ap. 6, 1840; in the China 



380 GENEALOGY. 

trade. Elliot S. b Oct. 16, 1841 ; d A\\^. 27, 1846 ; by 2d w, 
Westmaii, b Aug. 22, 1848. Artaxerxes, b July 27,1849; d 
Sept. 18, 1850. ^William, Jr., b Jau. 29, 1852. Lizzie, b Dec. 
4, 1853. 

F L Y E . 

Daniel, b in Edg. Ap. 27, 1790; m Iluldab I^arker, Nov. 16, 
1813 ; d Dec. 2, 1862. Huldab, b June 16, 1793. 

Daniel's chil. William, b Oct. 25, 1814 ; m M;uy E. Perkins 
of Topsham, Grad. at Bow. Col. Professor of Mathematics for 
many years in the U. S. Navy ; was Slupmaster in the Mer- 
chant service and at the opening of the Rebellion was commis- 
sioned as Lieut, in the Navy with a command, Ap, 1865, in 
Admiral Lee's Mississippi squadron. 

P2dwin, b Mar. 4, 1817 ; m IJoxanna Hitchcock ot Dam. 
Dec. 3, 1844. Hoxanna, b Nov. 8, 1S23. Was in the Legis- 
lature in 1858. Of the firm of Wm. Hitchcock and Co ; was 
commissioned Paymaster in the U. S. Army with the rank of 
Major. Henrietta, b July 8, 1819 ; m Martin F Hilton of Dam. 
V in Ashland, Ky. 

Edwin's chil. Alfred Edwin, b May 20, 1 846 ; d Feb. 1 2, 1850. 
Alice Emma, b Jan. 6, 1851 ; d Oct. 30, 1852. Nellie May, b 
Ap. 16, 1856. Addie Nickerson, b Jan. 13, 1860. 

FOLLANSBEE. 

James, b in Salisbury, Mass., July 10, 1773 ; c to N in 1794 ; 
mechanic; m Sally Hooper Woodbridge 180,1 ; d Ap. 1, 1850. 

James' chil; 1, Elizabeth, b Jan. 6, 1805 ; m Cyrus Rundlett 
of Al. 2, William, b Aug. 21, 1810; m Harriett E Harlev, 
P'eb. 5, 1839. 

Third Generation — William's chil. 1, Harriett Ann, b Sept. 
24, 1841. 2, Roscoe, b Mar. 21, 1843. 3, Kosie H, b Jan. 1, 
1845. 4, Matthew H, b Jan 'l^S, 1849. 5, William Marshall, b 
June 26, 1850. 

FREEMAN. 

Antony G, b in Bowdoinham, Mar. 25, 1788; m Rachel Lee 
of Bruns. Dec. 16, 1813. Rachel, b Ap. 4, 1788 ; c to N 1834 

Antony's chil. 1, Julia Ann, b June 7, 1816; m Charles 
Miller; r in Bris. 2, Emma Jane, b Ap. 4, 1818; m Sanniel 
Ruby of Durham. 3, Sanford W. b Aug. 5, 1820; m Mary 
Elizabeth Carjtenter, July 29, 1856. 4, Jeflfei'son, b Aug. 5, 
1822; d at Staten Island, N. Y. Nov. 1845. 5, Edward M. b 
Sept. 10, 1826; d Jan. 20, 1835. 



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GENEALOGY. 381 

Third Generation. — Saiilnvd's cliil. 1, Kmina ,T:iiio, b Oct. 
o, IHoG; (1 ^\ug. o, ]8')8. 2, Eiiieliiu' Augusta, 1) Ap. 5, I8G0. 
a, rhileiia Auu, b Oct. 2o, 1SG4. 

Ik'iiiy, b in Jiowdoinliam, Feb. 1797; in IMiillis Stewart. 

GENTlIXEJi. 

Isnae, b in Nob. Auo^. 15, 1823 ; c to N. in 18.50 ; in Harriet D. 
Flye of Dam. Aug. 30, 1854. Harriet D. b July 11, 18;53. 

Isaac's chil. Kufus Flye, b Jau. 27, 1850. Ella, b Ap. 1, 
1858. Frank Isaac, b Ap. 26, 1804. 

GIVEN. 

Formerly Gibbou ; of Scotch descent ; David c from tbe north 
of I. with his wife to N. about 1734; purchased lot No. 6 of 
Christopher Tajiytan ; wife's christian name was Elizabeth ; house 
stood where Ivobert Keimedy's garden now is. Family Records 
burnt with house. Genealogy imperfect. 

David's descendants, David Jr. 1, John, m Elizabeth Simp- 
sou, 1778. 2, Campbell. 3, Hannah, m James Clark of I>r. 
1785. 4, Jane, m Joseph Donald, Dec. 13, 1790. 5, Samuel, 
ni Betsey Simpson, 1794. G, John, m Agnes Perkins, 1795. 7, 
Elizabeth, m David Kennedv. 8, David 3d, b Sept. 4, 1779 ; ra 
Mary .Marsoii of Whit. Dec.'l, 1803 ; d 18G3. Mary d 1848. 9, 
John, d ag. 18. 10, Sarah, m Capt. C-harles Packard. 11, 
Caleb Bryant, b in Plymouth, Mass. in 17G8; d 1807 ; m Eliza- 
beth Barnes in 1795. E. b 1775. Daughter P^lizabeth m — 
Given. 

Fourth Generation. — David 3d's chil. 1, John S. b Aug. 19, 
1804 ; m Elizabeth Bryant of Paris, Me., June 10, 180G ; r^in S. 
I^os. and Gard ; d Ap. 6, 1864. 2, Abigail, b Dec. 29, 1800 : m 
Joel Tapley ; r in Gard. 3, Mary Jane, b Ap. 17, 1811; m 
Capt. Edwin A. Boynton of Al. Mar. 29, 1843; r in Al. and 
Rath, 4, Joseph Marson, b Dec. 3, 1814; m Lucinda Kimball 
of Hanover, N. II. 5, Samuel K. b June 25, 1818; in Harriet 
Turner Chase, Ap. 14, 1852. 

Fifth Generation. — John S.'s chil. 1, Mary Yj. b in Port. 
June 20, 1829; m Charles VV. P'reeman of Port. 2, 3Iarlha A. 
b in Port. Feb. 11, 1831 ; m Henry S WakeHold of (Tard. h.ad 
two chil. 1, Anna, 2, Horace. 3, George T. b in Bos. July 9, 
1833; d Dec. 21, 1845 in (iard. 4, Sarah B. b in Bos. Sept. G, 
1835; d in (Tard. May 21. 1.S50. 5, Laura F. b in Bos. May 18, 
1837; m William Little of Bos. who d in 1858. 6, Harriet A. 
b in Gard. Dec. 19, 1840; d Oct. 22, 1857. 7, Delia, b in Gard. 
Nov. 29, 1842. 8, Ella L. b in Gard. Aj). 14, 1845 ; d Nov. 8, 
1849. 9, Sehvin, b in Gard. May 5, 1847 ; d Aug. 8, 1848. 



38*2 GENEALOGY, 

Cliil. of Edwin A. :ind Mary Boyntoii. 1, Addie H. b in AL 
May 12, 1844. 2, iNlary G. b in Al. Nov. 29, 184o. 3, Isa 
dore II. b in Al. Sept. 29, 1847. 4, Oscar E. b in Al. June 13.. 
I80O. 5, Willis O, b in Bath, May 19, 18,54. 

Samuel K.'s chil. 1, Alice Mary, b Ap. 20, I8r)4. 2, Harriet 
Ruth, b Nov. 26, 1855; d in Tlumuiston,. Jmie 25, 1871. 3. 
Grace Greenwood, b May 14, 1857, 

James, cousin of David Sen.;, c from C"ou;.ty of Coleraiue, 1. i 
took up a tract of land of IGJ acres on Dam. river, wlu-re C'apt. 
Henry l>ittle atterwavds r. 

James' descendants. Jessie, thivd child; m. Ilanuah Clark.. 
Mary m Jacob Seiders of Br. Jane m John Donnell of lU: 
Eben ni Hannah Spronl of I>r. Samuel. James Jr. 
, Jesse's chiL Isenjamin b Oct. 25; m Mnrv Ann Hnsscv of 
Jeff. Jan. 28, 1835. ' 

Benjamlirs chil. ilaunali E, b Sept. 1, 1836; m John 
McDuffee of Cumbridgcporty Mass., Sv[>t. 1, 18!i0, Mary A, U 
Sept. 11, 1838. Clara\l, b July 25, 1840; m Capt. Jaines II. 
Rice of Brighton, JMivss. Margaret Ella, b Nov. 3, 1811; m 
Charles Fuller of Kingston^ Mass. Roxy C, b Ap. 7, 1844. A 
son b Oct, 28, 1847; d in inf. Benjamin VV, b Aug. 5, 1850. 
Ida, b Feb. 25, 1852 ; d Nov. 1852. 

( J I> I D I> E N , 

Joseph, brcHher of Tobias and Zebirloii was h Dec, 13, 1722 : 
&( English descent; c from N. II, to N. in 1750; in Anna 
Woodman May 17, 1747. Anna b Feb, 9, 1724 ;. d May 1, 1801, 
Joseph was n) to his second wife wiien 82 yi's. of a:^e and d when 
u]) wards of 95. He was a very pious man and a worthy and 
useful citizen. 

Joseph's chil. 1, Mary^ b June '22, 1748; d Sei)t, 26, 1748, 
2, Priscilla, b Aug. 19, 1749; m Solomon Dunbar, 3d, Susan- 
nahy b Nov, 29, 1751; m David Dei>nis, Esq.; r in Nob.; d 
Aug. 19, 1777. 4, John, b Jan. 10, Ho'l; lost at sea D>m. 6, 
1778. 5, Nathaniel, b Feb. 2Sj 1756; d in inf. G, Joseph 
Jun. b Dec. 29, 1757; occupied the lioniestead on Glidden's 
Neck; m Mary Waters; d May 1816. Mary, relict of Joseph, 
d Sept. 26, 1829. A most worthy and valiud>le woman. 7, 
Faul, b May 24, 1760; d in ii>f. 8, VV\)odmau, b July 13, 
17(i2: d Ap. 5, 1765. 9, Anna, b Nov. 16, 1764; d Oct. 12, 
1792. 10, Bhoda, b Sept. 29, 1767; d Nov. 19, 1767. 

Third Generation. — Joseph Jr.'s chil. 1, Susan, b oMar. 16y 
1782 ; m Timothy Cotter ; r in Nob. ; d ag 59. Timothy d ag 58. 
2, Nancy, b Oct. 9, 1783 ; m Capt. John Borland ; d Mar. 22, 1864. 
Capt. John, d ag 82, 3, Col. John, b Mar. 24, 1785; m Mary I- 



•GENEALOGY. 383 

Lovett of St. George, Jnn. 27, 1H1;5 : d Feb. 10, l.Sni. M.ny. 
d July IH.SO nix "3 yis. lie \v:iy ;i vnluahlc citizen, <ui oiniiK'nt ship- 
biiilder and :ni tMiftM|)iisinij in;in. The pliicc is iridehtcd lor iniifh 
oi" its ])V()S))fiity aiul iiiowth to Iiis activity and hiisincss talent. 
4, ("apt. SaniiU'l, 1) ()<'t. 17, 17>!r); ni Catharine Cottrill Sept. 4, 
1817. He was Xhf last of the name who ownod and inhabi- 
ted the old homestead which he sold a i'ew years before his 
death to Mr. Metcalf. He d ay 82. Catliarine, d Dec. 1, 1S72. 
.5, Mary, b .Ian. 9, 1789; m Benj. Barstow ; r in Nob.; d ag 
59. Benjamin d ag- 72 yrs and 8 mos. 6, Jane, b May 17, 
17!)0; m (^ajil. Simon llandly; d Mar. 28, 1874. Sim( n, d 
JNIar. 6, 1873, aj? 87 yrs 8 mos. 7, Jostph, b .luiic 3, 17U1 ; rn 
1st Emily Harrin<rton of Kob. ; 2d, JVIaiv O. Taylor, Nov. 28, 
1830; d'Nov. 27, 1800. 8, Priscilla. b Oct. 31, 1793; m Capt,. 
.lames TJobinson ; d ag 50. Capt. Jaincp, d ag 91 yrs, 4 mos. 
9, b Sally, July 28, 1795 ; m Natli 1 Bryant ; d A],. 17, 1881. Mr. 
Bryant died in 1865. 10, Hannah, b Feb. 15, 1797; in Josi;ih 
Myrick: d 18fi9. Josiah, d ag 52. 11, Abig;iil, b Oct. 15. 
1798; m 1st Capt. Wni. Melchcr, 2d Anunstiis F. Lash, Pre- 
ceptor of Lincoln Academy ; d July 23, 1880. \Vm. iMelcher, 
d ag 34. 12, Caroline, b June l(i, 18l)0 ; m Benjamin Wade; 
r in Ban. and Cal. ; d in 1860. Benj. d ag 75. 

Fourth Gentration. — Col. Johns chil. 1, Albert, b Jan. 5. 
1814; m Anna M.Borland. 2, Samuel G, b Jan. 5, 1816; mer- 
chant in N. Y. ; m INIartha Fisher in 1849. 3, Catharine C, b 
Feb. 27, 1818; m Capt. William T. Glidden of the firm of 
Glidden <fe Williams, in 1840; r in Bos. 4, Jane H, b Ap. 17, 
1820; m Alphens T. Palmer of Brewer. 5, John A, b Mar. 17, 
1823; m Emma M Cn.ark of N. (). in 1847; r in Bos., of the 
tirm of Glidden & Williams. 6, .Mary A, b Sept. IS, 1825; m 
Lieut. John Moonev of U. S. Nayy : r in Bos. 7, ^Matthew C. 
b May «, 1828; d Mar 25, 1X30. 8, Clara F, b Mar. 25, 1831 ; 
m T II Belcher; r in Philadelphia. 9, Caroline A, b Dec. 27, 
1833; ni Cajjt. Edward K JMooney; r in Bos. I.,ost at sea. 10, 
Charles LI, b Oct, 8, 1837 ; m Mary Turner of Dedham, Mass. : 
r in Bos. and Charleston, S. C. 

Capt. Samuel's chil. Samuel, b Aug. 20, 1832. Lost at sea 
on a voyage to Cal. near Cape Horn, ag 21. 

Joseph 3d's chil. by 1st w. Adeline, b Jan. 5, 1818; d Ap. 24, 
1818. 1, Emily H. b Ap. 19, 1819 ; m 1st Israel Kerney of .left', 
in 1836; 2d, (George B. Leighton of Alfred, Me.; resides in Nor- 
folk, V'a. 2, Joseph S. b Aug. 16, 1820; m Caroline McCobb 
of Bath ; d at sea, 5 days out from N. Orleans. 3, Edward A. 
b Mar. 13, 1822; m Elfzabeth Borland of Nob: r in Portland. 
4, Priscilla (\. b Mar. 31, 1824; m Capt. Artluir Child of 
Franktort, Me.; d in N. Orleans, Ap. 1842. 5, Elizabeth II. b 



384 GENEALOGY. 

Nov. 27, 1825; m Capt. David Hyan of Wool.; d In N. 
Orleans, Nov. 1, l.S-i4. G, IMary M. b A]). 12, 1S28 ; m William 
F. Joy of IJos. : r in 15. 7, William P. II., b Aus;. 7. 18;5U; r 
in Ck'veland, O. ; ni Jennie !Iu<xlies of Ib'ooklyn, N. Y. 8, 
Francis II. b May 24, 1882; ni Winnie K. Waters; r in Cleve 
land, O. 9, Nettie, b Sept. 18, 1834 ; m William D. Webb. 

Joseph chil. by 2d w. 1, Catliarine A. b Ap. 11, 1841 ; ni 
William P. Porter of Georgetown, S. (\, Sept. 26, 18G0 ; r in G 
2, PrisciUa C. b Sept. 17,"l843. 3, James P. b May 16, 1846 ; 
r in Bos. 

Fifth Generation — Cliil. of Jane 11., and Alpheus T. Palmer. 

1, Kate G. m Douglass Campbell, Esq, of Nova Scotia and r 
there. 2, Caleb. 3, John G. 

Chil. of John A and Emma his wife. 1, .Tosephine G. b 
Jan. 26. 1848; m Ap 28, 1874, Morse. 2. Frederick A b Mav 
31, 1850; d Oct. 4, 1850. 3, Kate A, b Mar 27, 1853. 4\ 
Jennie M., h Nov. 23, 1855. 5, Williatn T, b Julv 10, 1858. 
6, Georije B, b Sept 2, 1860. 7, Annie M, b iMay 18, 1862; d 
Dec. 27, 1863. 8, Emma M, b May 17, 1864. 

Chil. of Mary A and Lient Mooney. One son named Frank. 

Chil. of Clara F and Thomas K Belcher. One dan Panline. 

Chil. of C^harles K 1, May S. 2, Philip T 3, Albert. 
4, Carlton and Isaac. 

Fifth Generation. — .Albert's children. 1. Adeline P, b June 
23, i830; m Horace W Metsalf of Dam. Jan 25, I860. 2, 
Albert, Jr, b May 28, 1851. 

Samuel's chil. 1, Alice, m Horace D Ilnfcut, Lawyer, Dover 
Plains, N. Y. 2, Robert Grinnell, r in Brooklyn. 3,' Helen W 
4, Henry. 

Children of Jane H and Alpheus S Palmer. 1, Kate G ; m 
Douijlass Campbell of Nova Scotia. 2, Caleb. 3, John G. 

Children of John A. 1, Josephine G b Jan 26, 1848; m 
Daniel D Morse, Ap. 28, 1848. 2, Fred A, b Mar. 31, 185i) ; d 
Oct. 4, 1"850. 3, Kate A b IMar 27, 1853. 4, Jennie M, b Nov. 
23, 1855. 5, William T b July 10, 1858. 6, Georjre B b Sept 

2, 1860. 7, Annie M, b May 18, 1862 ; d Dec 27, 1863. Emma 
M, May 17, 1864. 

Chil. of Mary A and John Moony. 1, Frank. 

Chil. of Claia F and Thomas II Belcher. 1, Pauline. 

Chil. of Charles II. 1, Mary S. 2, Philip T. 3, Albert. 
4, Carlton. 5, Ivan. 

Benjamin's chil. Uxluiiice, I) July 20, 1775. Charles, b Mar 
21,1778. Ruth, b Oct 24, 1780. Israel, b Feb 9, 1783. David 
b Mar 17, 1785. Abisrail, b Jan 16, 1787. Enoch Averill, b Feb 
1789. Ezekiel Averill, b Oct 9, 1791. 



GENEALOGY. . 385 

Tobias, brolhcr of Josiph, c from N. II. about 17.".'), and 
settled on tbo Dam. river, on tbe b)t next nortb of tbat oceu])ied 
by Abner and Lemuel Peikins. His e.eseendants ikiw bave pos- 
session of bis estate; m Miriam Cliajiman of Kob ; d Jane 1818 
iu bis 9,")tli year. A man of devoted piety ;i)id sterling wortb. 

Tobias" e'bil. 1, Lvdia, b 17iV.); m Daniel Webster of Edg. 
18i0; d 1849. 2, Mary, m Zaecbeus Hateb of Jetl': d a.s 23. 
3, Iluldah, bJan .5, 17()4; m John Tnrnbull. 4, Natbaniel, b 
1766: m Martlia Wlieeler of EIlt; t i" Nob: d Eeb 4, 18o7. 
5, Hannah, m Wdliam Nutt of Whit. 0, Robert, d young. 7, 
John, m — Iliissey: r and d in Oiiio. .S, William, b Nov 24, 
1774; m 1st, Lvdia'llateh of Br; 2d Jane Ilussey of Nob; d 
Mar 23, 185;'). ' Lvdia, d Sept 23, 182'J. 9, Betsey, m Jaeob 
H..d-<ion of Nob; d 18.-)3. 

Third Generation. — William's eliil. 1, Fanny, b Se])t 1, 
1805; m Daniel Montjromerv of Booth ; r in N. 2, William, b 
Get 5, 18:)6 ; m Susan Sproiil of Br Jan 19, 1832: el Dea of 2d 
Cons Cbtnch in 18.)0. 3, Susan, b Aug 7, 1810. 4, Mary, b 
Oetl, 1807 : d JNIav 9, 1829. T), Theodore, b Aug 9, 1809 ; d 
Nov 30, 1831. 6, 'Sarah Jane, b Dec 12, 1810; m Cbarles 
Mar«h of Bos Nov 26, 18.-8; r in ]\!cdlord. 7, ]\Iiri:;n), b May 
1, 1812; m William I^nrronghs of l|)s\vich, Mass; r in I. 8, 
James, b Mar iO, 1814; d^Ap 3, 1814. 9, John, b July 27, 
1815 ; m I lule live of Edg Get r, 1839. 10, 1 bibe, b Aug 
14, 1814. 11, Er.oVb, b Dec 3, 1817; d Dec 8, 1817. 12. Bev 
Kiab B, b Ay 29, 1819; m ("aioline lIittl'.co( k. May 19, 1842; 
Grad :it Ban Tlieo Sem ; Settled Minister in Westmoreland, N 
II and Entield, Conn. 13. Lvdia Ann, b Dec 18, 1820; m 1st, 
William Hatch, Mav 28, 1839; 2d, Pbineas Harlow of Illinois 
Ay. 3, 18G0. 14, "Mari::iret W, b Mar 20, 1822; m Josiah M 
Eodukins of Jeft", Mav 9, 1844. lo, Edward. K b May 10, 
1823; m L:ivinia M Five, May 10, 1846. 16, Lavinia .^L b 
Mar 9, 1823. 17, Elizabeth S, b Aug 2, 1S2.') ; d duly 9, 1826. 

Fourth Generation. — Dea William's cbil. 1, Willard S, b 
Dec 26, 1832; d Aug 3, 1839. 2, Albert, b Feb 2, 183.'). 3, 
I^Iary Jane, b Mar lo,' 1837 ; d July 21, 1862. 4, Charles W, b 
Au<>- 13, 1839; m Virginia Catc of B'os 1864. 5, Susan F, b 
Get 30, 1841. 6, Alonzo W, b Aug 20, 1844. 7, Laura Ellen, 
b Ap 18. 1847. 8, Clara Auffusta, b Ap 12, 1849. 

Edward IBs cbil. 1, Walter S, b Ap 7, 1847. 2, Edward 
Gscar b Aug 6, 1S49. 3, Arthur, b Aug 4 1S.')3: d Sept 18, 
18.53. 4, a son b Jan 27, IS,),') ; d in inf .5, Santbrd b Aug 6, 
18.)6. 6, Alice Maria, b .Ian 2, 18.')9. 

John's cbil. 1, .'^ohii Augiistin, b Sept 11, 1812; mernbiM- of 
Co. II, 21 Keg. Me. Vols. ; d at Baton Rouge, July 10, 18G3. 



386 . GENEALOGY. 

2, Frederick Eugene, b Jan 13, 1846. n, VVheelock Craig, b Ap 
18, 1850. 4, Josopliiiie, b Jan 1!), 1856. 

Zebulon was niirried in Durhain, N. II. by Rev. Jobn Adatns 
Nov 17, 1757, lo Temperance WhicMen of New IMarket. Mis 
sons John, Joseph and Mark were born in New Durham, (now 
Alton) where he appears to have lived after his marriage. John 
who was born in 1760, followed his uncles Joseph and Tobias to 
N in 1784. He afterwards resided in Wiscasset where he mar- 
ried 1st, Sarah Shovey Mar 31, 1799. Sarah, din 1814. In 
1804 he removed to N where he lived until his death which oc- 
curred Dec 8. 1829. He was Postmaster and Town Clerk till 
his death. He m 2d, Susan Stinson in 1817; shed in 1851, 
ao- 72. 
^John's chil. 1, George, b Feb 24, 1800: d Oct 14, 1800. 2, 
William, b Jan 25, 1H02; d Aug 11, 1804. 3, John Bridge, b 
Jan 7, 1804. 4, William Taylor, b Sept 22, 1805. 5, b Ap 16, 
1<S07 ; d Feb 24, 1864. 6, Temperance, b Aug 13, 1809 ; d Mar 
13, 1879. 7, Georoe, b Julv 7, 1811. 8, Esther, b Mar 8, 
1813; d Mar 20, 18'29. 

William T, m 1st, Susan Cotter; 2d, Catharine Glidden. 
Chil by 1st wife. 1, William Henry, b June 1, 1832; d Ap 21, 
1856. 2, Frances Cooper, b in Nob. Ap 2G, 1834; ni William 
Weymouth, Jan 17, 1854 ; r in Beaufort, S. C. 3, Susan Cotter, 
b Feb 13, 1837; in Geoi-ge W. W. Dove of Andover, Mass. 
Oct 17, 1865; r there. Chil. by 2d wife. 4, Emma Field, m 
Charles Perkins Gardiner of Bos. ; r there. 5, John M, b in 
Liverpool, Eng. July 4, 1843; m Anna, dau of Hon. Joseph M 
Warren of Troy, N, Y. 6, Simon Haudlev, b 1850; d Aug 7, 
1852. 7. Mary S, b in Bos. 

George Glidden, merchant in New Or:eans ; m 1st, Maiy 
Eliza Clark of N. O. ; m 2d, Ann JCliza (Auld) widow of Sam'l 
Whitney; had by 1st wife; 1, Mary Eliza who m Doctor 
Temple of Fredericksburg, Va., and r in Danville, Va. 2, 
Fannie, who m Capt. Thomas Woodward ; r in N. O. 

Fifth Generation. — Chil of Frances C and Wm. Weymouth. 
1, Susan G, b Jan 29, 1855; d July 31, 1856. 2, Helen S, b 
Sept 13, 1857, in Alna; in in Augusta, Georgia, JMay 3, 1880, 
Geo. T Homer of De Witt, Iowa. 3, William T G, b in De 
Witt, Oct 2, 1862. 4, George Dove, b Feb 7, 1869; d Sept 1, 
1869. 5, Frank C and Frederiek C, b Dec 16, 1871. 

Chil of Susan C and (tco W W Dove. 1, Marion G, b May 
6, 1867. 2, Edith, b Feb 28, 1870. 3, John, b Sept 6, 1871. 
4, Percival, b Oct. 6, 1875. 

Chil of Emma F and Charles P Gardiner. One dau, Mary 
Caroline. 



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GENEALOGY. 387 

John M's chil. 1, Mary Warner, b in Bos. Mny 10, 1871. 2, 
Joseph Warren b at Nnhiint June IH, 1H72. 3, Amy Gardiner, 
b in Jk)s. Nov 20, 1873. 4, William ii, h Dec. 27, 1875. 5, 
John, b Mny 22, 1S77. 6, Susan Adelaide. 

I'hird (reneration. — Thomas Jun's ehil. 1, Albert W, b 
Dec 15, 1820; \\\ Rosanna Hemmenway of Jeff. Nov. 15, 1846. 
2, Margarett M, b Ap 18, 1823: m George llobinson of Ver- 
mont, Sept. 1846 ; r in Sprincjlield, Mass. 

William's chil. 1, Sarah F, b Jan 15, 1825; m Aaron M 
Potter Jan 15, 1846. 2, Susan T, b Feb 28, 1826 ; m Peter Potter 
of Whitefieltl, brother of Aaron M ; r in VV. Adopted chiM, 
Abbie Josephine, b Ap 4, 1853. 

Fourth Generation. — Albert W's chil. 1, Amanda J, b July 
31, 1847. 2, Warren A, b Nov 5, 1849. 

Benj F Groton, b in Nob ; ni Sarah Page. 

GRAY. 

Thomas, ship carpenter, b in Wis. Ap 19, 1769; m Nancy 
Kennedy 1794 ; c to N about 1796; d Ap 22, 1828. Nancy, 
d Mar 11, 1850. 

Thomas' chil. 1, Thomas Jun., b Nov. 30, 1794; m Mar- 
garett Moody of Nob.; d Sept 5, 1823. 2, Jane, b Feb 12, 
1795; m Charles Harding. 3, Nancy, b Sept. 10, 1797; ra 
Thomas Ilarriden ; r in Al. and Bos. 4, Sarah, b Sept 10, 
1799; m Lemuel Lewis of Booth. ; r in B. 5, William, b Feb 
6, 1802; m Kosanna Tarr of Whit. Nov. 10, 1823. 6, Henry, 
sea capt, b Oct 29, 1804; m Abbie Chase; r in Hallowell. 7, 
Eb^nezer, b Aug 6, 1806 ; d May 29, 1828. 8, Hannah, b July 
22, 1808 ; m John ILill ; r in Nob. 9, Elizabeth, b Sept 7, 
1810 : m Henry Barter of Booth. 10, Ann M, b June 12, 1812 ; 
m Ira Weeks of Jeff. 

H A G G E T T . 

Ebenezer, b in Edg. Dec 23, 1825 ; m Eleanor Clark of Booth. 
Ap 22, 1853 ; c to N. in Ap 1853. 

Ebenezer's chil. George, b Feb. 15, 1854; d in inf. James 
P, b July 10, 1855. :Marcia, b July 13, 1858; cl May 29, 1863. 
Helena, b Mar 27, 1862. 

Granville, b in Edg. Nov. 20, 1834; c to N. in 1862; m Ap 
17, 1862, Jane F Harley. 

HALL. 

Samuel came to N. and settled on the fixrm where Mr. Frank 
Sraithwick now r; m Lydia Blackstone. They were the parents 



388 



GENEALOGY. 



of ten children. Tlie first four d in infancy. The next two d 
after grown to manhood. The four youngest lived to okl age. 
Ebenezer inherited the honiestciid. lie sold it to Mi'. Frank 
Sniithwick, and moved to \'assalboi'o where he d. The second, 
Isaac, lived for a while on what is known as the West Clarke 
farm. Afterwards moved to the Mills and d there. 3, a daughter ; 
m Mr. Given of Bristol. 4, Abigail, m Ebenezer Clarke; r in 
N. 

Jesse, b in Nob. Ap 1, J83'3; m Jane IIum[)hries of Dam. 
Nov 29, 1855; member of 2d Me. Battery; c to N. in lSti5. 
Jane Humplnies b in I. ]Mar 22, 1836. 

Jesse's chil. Ida Florence, b Mar 19, 1856. Joseph Alfred, 
b July 7, 1858. Everett Stetson, b Jan. 1, 1863. 

William, shipbuilder; m Lucy D Nichols Feb 6, 1840; moved 
to Connecticut ; d May 1 1, 1860. 

William's chil. 1, 'William N, b Mar 8, 1841. 2, George A, 
b Dec 10, 1842.. 3, Ella, b June 11, 1850; d July 29, ^851. 
4, Georgianna N, b 8ept 24, 1852 ; d Sept 22, 1855. 5, Walter 
Scott, b Ap 29, 1857 ; d Sept 29, 1857. 

Almond G, b in Nob. Oct 6, 18J7 ; m Christie Ann Young 
of Now Bruns. June 9. 1831. Christie Ann b Ap 16, 181-jr. 

Almond's chil. John K, b June 29, 1833 ; r in South China. 
Elijah, b Ap 8, 1836 ; d Oct 25, 1841. Dorothy A, b Ap 1, 
1838 ; r in liiddeford. Sarah E, b Ap 15, 1840 ; r in New Jer- 
sey. Margarett, b Sept 9, 1840; d Sept 16, 1843. Almond, 
b Oct 7, 1844. Leonard, b Feb 25, 1847; d in inf Adrian 
D, b Ap 11, 1850. Josepli T, b Oct 5, 1853. 

Elbridge, b in Jeff. Oct 21, 1822; c to N. in 1846; m Mary 
Elizabeth Whitehouse May 9, 1847. 

Elbridge's chil. 1, George Albert, b July 5, 1848. Member 
of 2d Maine Cavalry; aline soldier; d at N. Orleans June 4, 
1864. 2, Stephen, b Sept 27, 1849. 3, Orlando, b July 3, 1851. 
4, Ida May, b Aug 7, 1857. 

H A N D L E Y . 

Capt. Simon, b in Bos. Dec 7, 1785 ; moved when quite young 
with his father to St. George; c to N. in 18 J6; sailed from this 
place for a number of years ; also engaged in shipbuilding; m 
Jane Glidden Nov 30, 1812. Adopted daughter, Nettie G; m 
William Webb. 



HARLEY, 



John, Sen, b in Haverhill, Mass., in 1722; m Widow Mary 
Decoster of Bos. ; c to N. in 1763 ; and r in the Garrison a year 



GENEALOGY. 389 

or two, where liis fifth son, lJ;il]ili, was b. He then moved to 
where Ralph llarlcy at'terwards r and took up 3UJ acres of wihl 
hind. 

Jolm's chil. Ann, in Ca])t James Sawyer of Cape Ann 
where she r. John, Juu, b Dee 23, IT.Vi; m Uaehel Williamson 
of Wis.; d Dec 7, 1843. IJaeliel d Ap 27, 1«41. William d 
at sea. Dudley, d at sea. James, d at sea. Kaiph 1, b in (Tar- 
rison ; m Miriam l>rooks of J^iiict)liiville ; d Dec 1(), 1.S22. 
Robert, b about 17G7 ; m ilanr.ali Campbell ; d Mar 182 3; Han- 
nah r in Bos. John divided his farm between his two young- 
est sons, lialpli and llobeit. 

Third (xe)ie)'Litlon. — John Jim's chil. Jolin, 3d, b Nov 1782 ; 
lost at sea. Matthew, b Aug 22, 1784; in Widow liosanna 
Granville, Mar 1814 ; r in N and Gardiner. Polly d ag 7 years, 
llachel, ni Arthur Averill, Nov 181,); d Feb 1831. Jane, m 
Capt Charles Gardiner of Nantucket; d Sept 18i'0. jMarcey, b 
Ap 21, l';n2; r in Southi)ort. ]{obert 2d, b Mar. 17, 17'J3'; m 
Sarah Webster of Soutli])ort; d .Mar 22, 1809. Thomas, b Jan 
7, 1795; m lluldah l^od-e of E(l<;. Dec 19, 1831. William, b 
Oct 7, 1797; m Widow Mary Kelley; r in IJos. ; d O.tt 1.S39. 
Marv, b Dec 29, 1799; m l,"joMaliian Preble; 2<1, Cant David 
Preble; d Mar l(i, 18,)3. Pamelia, b Dec 18, ISOl ; m Joshua 
Cushman of Wool ; r in Sonthport. 

Ualj)h 2d,'s chil. Kal|ili, Jun, b .Ap 1789; m Ilaimali C Case, 
dau of a Baptist clergyman ot Ueadtield. Mary, b Oct 1794. 
Caleb, b Mar 179,5; ni Mary Hunt ot -Montville ; r in M. and 
State of Ohio. Clarissa, b Oct 1797; d Nov 11, 1843. llachel, 
b Nov 18U3 ; in William Tomlinson. John B, b 1899 ; d Ap 
1852. 

Robert's clul. Robert, Jun., b 1832 ; m Huldah Kim- 
ball of Nova Scotia; r in New Bedford, Mass. Hannah !>, b 

Oct 18J4 ; r in Bos. Alice, b 189G ; in Robbins ; r in 

M.alden, Mass, James, b 1808; ibllowed the sea. Sarah, b 

about 1810; m Field ot Bos. .Alary Ann. b about 1812 ; 

r in Bos. PliilcMia, b 1818; m John Thayer; r in Bos. C.imp 
bell, b about 1820 ; d on a ])assage from New Orleans t j Bos. 
J-^\>arth Generation. — Matthew's chil. Harriet, b Alay 1815; 
m William Follansbee. Abby, b Aug 1817; d 182-?:. Hannah, 
b 1819; 111 James Nutt; r in Cam., Mass. Alary Ann, in John 
Ayer of Al; r in Gard. Dwight F, m M.ny Ann Doimell, July 
3, 1856; r in Minnesota. Lot\M. Parker C, b Sept 15, 1832; 
ni 1st Eliza C.aruey. 2d, Cordelia Reed; r in Cam., Mass. 

Thomas" chil. Eineline G, b Oct 17, 1832; d Dec. 2G. 1842. 
Jane F, b Nov 7, 1834; m Granville IIa'.rgett of Edg. 

Ralph's chil. Otis B, b Dec. 25, 1818 ; d Jan 1829. Eliza- 
beth, b Dec 7, 1819; m John Fuller of N. U. ; d Feb. 20, 1859. 



390 GENEALOGY. 

Amanda, b Nov 9, 1821 ; m Alvin Stevens of Kennebunk ; r in 
K. ; d Oct 24, ISoO. Ralph 3<1, b Ap 13, 1824; ni Julia II 
Bartlett of Ilurtfonl, Conn. Ap 16, 1863. Isaac, b Sept 4, 1826 ; 
d Dec 1837. Miriam, b Mar 1829; d Mar 27, 1830. Samuel 
Cargill, b July 7, 1831; ni Hannah Buker of Litclaield ; r in 
Augusta. 

HATCH. 

Lot, m Nancy M Hall of Nob. Dec 31, 1844. Nancy M b. 
Ap 5, 1825. 

Lot's chil. Orlando, b Oct 26, 1843; seaman in U. S. Navy. 
Willard A, b Nov 20, 1852. 

HEATH. 

William, b in Jeff. Jnn 18, 1816; c to N. in 1^43; m Cor- 
delia G Dodge Ap 16, 1846. 

William's chil. Emma Frances, b May 14, 1847. Edward 
Cutter, b Nov 26, 1848. Richard Dodi^e, b Feb 20, 1850 
Angle Ilarvena Bacheldor, b Aug 22, 1858. Haivey Angelo, b 
Jan 5, 1863. 

HENRY. 

John, b in Jeff. Mar 9, 1789 ; m Elsey Rice of J. Aug 22, 
1822 ; c to N. in 1849. 

John's chil. Adeline, b Oct 27, 1823. Nancy B, b Sept 8, 
1825; m Dummer Trask of Jeff. Jane, b Oct 11, 1826; m 
Isaac Young of Dam. Jan 1849. Harriet, b Sept 4, 1830. 
Abiel R, b Nov. 22, 1834 ; Serg. ot Co. I., 12th Keg. Mass. 
Vols. Wounded in the foot. May 11, 1864, near Richmond. 
Joseph, b Jan 7, 1836 member 4 Reg. Me. Vols; d at Fairfax 
Sem. Hospital, Nov 9, 1862. 

HILTON. 

David S, b in Appleton, Mar 17, 1798; m Sallv Weeks of 
Jeff. Nov 26, 1818 ; c to N in 1849. Sally, b Sept 27, 1802. 

David S's chil. Mary, b Ap 17, 1819; m Elijah Sykes ; d 
Ap 9, 1854. Sarah, b May 26, 1820; m Thomas Jennings of 
Bos. Julia, b Sept 11, 1823; m Dexter Dickinson of Mass. 
Ann, b Mar 8, 1825 ;'m C»]>t. Stephen C Whitehouse, Oct 24, 
1841. Statira, b Feb 12, 1829; in Stephen Whitehouse, Jr, of 
Jeff. Ellen, b July 6, 1834; m Gould Bailey. Clara, b Dec 5, 
1837 ; m George Galusha pf Mass. 



GENEALOGY. 



391 



II O D G K INS. 

Josiah M, I) in .left". May 4, 1817; c to N in 1841 ; m Mar- 
garet W. (ilidden, iMav 0, 1844. 

Josiah JM's cliil. Inez E. b Jan 13,1847. Emma J, b Mar. 
27, 1849, William G, b Sej.t 1, 18o4. Eilliaii M, b June 7, 
18o9. Elmer A, b Aug 14, 18G2. 

II O 1. JM E S . 

Iluirh c to N about 1775 and settled on Lot No. 13 Tappan's 
survey ; lield several town offices. 

Iluirh's cl)il. John, b 1763 ; m Sarah Dole of Pown. 1789, d 
Aug 1, 1818. Sarah, b 1766; d Ap 13, 1825. Sarah m Sam- 
uel Cunningham. I)ec 16, 1790. 

27ii)'d Generallon. — John's chil. Capt. John Jr. b Anji. 17, 
1789; a successful shijjtnaster ; in Lucinda Curtis; d Mar 31, 
1859. lilizabeth, b Ap 12, 1791. Mary, b Mar 17, 1793. 
Sarah, b May 17, 1795. Nathaniel, b Nov 5, 1797 ; d July 25, 
1817. Daniel, b Oct. 5, 1802; d Dec 1, 1806. 

IA)urth Generation. — Cai)t. John Jr's chil. 1, Seth Curtis, 
b May 8, 1820 ; d May 22, 1822. 2, Arlitta ^[, b Dec 7, 1821 ; 
m Capt John G Barstow ; d Jan 6, 1860. 3, Capt. Augustus 
D, b Mar 22, 1824; m Maria Perry of New Orleans. 4, Lu- 
cinda C, b May 13, 1827 ; m Jotham ]) Cliftbrd ; d Dec 9, 
1855. 5. Capt John A, b Sept 30, 1830; m Clara A Cargill, 
Feb 26, 1857. 6, Emma C, b June 12, 1838 ; m Capt W Scott 
Curtis. 

Fifth Generation. —Capt. Augustus D's chil. Frederic P, b 
June 25, 1854. Ellen A, b, JNIay 25, 1858. Edith C, b Dec 9, 
1861 ; d Oct 13, 1863. Isabella C, b Mar 31, 1864. 



HOPKINS. 

William c from I. and settled previous to 1735 on the farm 
afterwards owned by Washington Houdlette. William Hop- 
kins was taken by the Lulians and carried to Canada, where 
he died. His daughter Jenny marrieil David Soames. Patty, ra 
Samuel Kennedy. Solomon lived and d in N. 

Chiisto])her c from Devonshire, England, purchased lands in 
N, and settled where Daniel Hopkins afterwards r ; m 1st, Mary 
; 2(1, Abigail Newbit in 1 778. 

Christophers chil by 2 w. William, m Asenath Taylor, 1778 i 
r at the homestead; the house that he erected in 1795 is still 
standing over the cellar that had been under the previous house. 



392 



GENEALOGY. 



He was the first Deacon ot llie 2(1 Bautist Ch in Nob, and held 
that otHce '60 years, till his dcatli. 

Third Geheratlo}i. — Dea William's chil. James, b Dec 13, 
17S7 ; cl in Savannah of yellow lever, ag 22. Capt William, b 
Nov 2o, 1781) ; m 1st, Charlotte Little, June 8, 1820; 2d, Bet- 
sey Cunningham, Aiiu; 20, 1835. Martha, b May 10, 1792 ; r in 
Bos; d 1870. Asenath, b May 2, 1704; m Joseijh Weeks 4th 
of Jeff; d in Al. Margery, b JNJar 28, 1706 ; m Capt James N 
liobiiison of Bris. John, b May 8, 1708; \\\ Asenath 
Weeks of Jeff; d in Cal, JMay 1801. A son, b Ap 14, 1800; 
d in inf. Daniel, b Mar 23; 1801 ; in Abigail V\ Weeks of Jeff', 
Nov 1830, d Ap 10, 187o. A son, b Oct 30, 1802; din inf. 
Farley, Sea Captain, b Sept 20, 1804 ; ni Frances Georgiana T 
Lennox, Oct 12, 1843. Sewall, b Jan 2, 1807; d in inf. 
Jernsha, b Feb 1, 1810; m Isaac Feasly of Whit; r in Bos. 
James 2d, b Aug 22, 1813 ; d in inf. 

Ii^oa.th Generation. — Capt •William's chil. Caroline L, b 
Aug 8, 1821 ; ni William Weeks of xMaldeu, Oct l84'J. John 
2d, b July 11, 182') ; m 1st, Anna Elizabetii Clark, Jan 27, 1853, 
2d, Sarah Hatch of Jeff. May 5, 1850. Sarah Jane, b Aug. 8, 
1836; m Henry Newhall of iMalden, Mass. Ann Elizabeth, b 
Ap 17, 1838 ; d Ap 0, 1830. William Farley, b May 1, 1841 ; 
r in Bos. Willaid C, b Sept 28, 1842 ; nieml)er of Co 11, 2 1st 
Reg. Me., Vols ; d at Isaton Kouge, June 23, I8ti3. Mary F, b 
Oct 8, 1844; r in Maiden. 

I'^ftfi Geiieratlon. — John 2d's chil. Carrie W, b Jan 27, 
1855; d Nov 4, 1855. A son b Oct 11, 1856; d in inf A 
son b May 11, 1858; d May 12, 1858. Albert D, b Ap 28, 
1860; d May 7, 1860. Ella' Jeunette, b Ap 1, 1862; d Sept 4, 
1863. John Edward, b Mar 2-1, 1864 ; d Aug 20, 1861. 

L-a P:, b Jan 22, 1838. Member 3Ist Beg. Me. 'V^ols. ; m 
Sarah J Marsh, Jan. 26, 1860. 

Ira E's chil. Vesta A, b Ap 9, 1862. 

fourth Generation. — Daniel's chil. Martha Ann, b Aug. 
26, 1831; r in Bos. James S, b Jan. 13, 1834; in Jane 
Ilntchings ot Br. 1854; r in Melrose, Mass. Ophelia, b Ap 16, 
1835; m Daniel S McLean of Plympton, Mass., Sept., 1859. 
Franklin W, b Nov 2, 1836 ; m Arvilla Noyes of Jeff. George 
A, b Nov 4, 1838. Hannah E, b July 9, 1840 ; d Oct I 7, 1841. 
Mary II, b June 22, 1843. Daniel W, b Dec 22, 1844. 

Cajtt. Farley's chil. Georgiana Frances, b 1847. Henry 
Clay, b 1849. Thomas Lennox, b 1854. Mary Eliza, b Nov 8, 
1855. 

Tufth Generation. — 0])hclia's chil. 1, John Sumner, b July 
28, 1860. 2, Daniel Southvvorth, b June 30, 1864. 



/ 



GENEALOGY. 393 



II U I) L i: T T E 



"Wash'mojton, b in Dres, Ap 2.5, 1804; in Ilanuali Decker of 
Whit, Feb 19, 183.): c to N about 1858. Hannah, d Mar 24, 
18()4. 

Washington's chil. 1, George W, b Nov 3, 1837 ; r in New 
Jersey. 2^, Anian(hi, b Oct 10,1839; ni Elbridge Alley of 
Dres. 3, INIary, b Sept 1841 ; d young. 4, John, b Autr, 1843. 
d 1847. 5, Caroline A, b July 23, 1845. 6, Lafayette", b July 
18, 1849 ; d jNIar 27, 18.54. 7, Amelia T, b May 13, 18.56. 8, 
Fanny, b May 23, 1858. 

II U S S E Y . 

John, Sr, b in Scitnate, Mass ; in Jane IJoUins ; c to N early 
in its settlement; d 1795. Jane, died ISM. 

Joini's chil. Sarah, m Thomas Chapman of Nob ; she and her 
husband both d in one day and were buried in the same grave. 
Margery, m .loseph Weeks of Jeil'. Susan, in Benjamin Barstow. 
Betsey, m Nathaniel Ivollins. John, m Patience Koliins ; r ni 
Jeff and Ohio. JMartha and T.ydia, twins ; Martha, m .Joseph 
Chapman of Nob ; Lydia, m John Glidden. Job, b Mar 8, 
1770 ; m Sally liarstow. Sally Barstow, b May 4, 1770. Jarte, 
in Isaac Teague of Nob. Mary, m John Teague. lienjamiu m 
Sarah liigby, Deborah ; m Joiui Fowler. Isaac, d ag 2 yrs. 
Eleanor b June 13, 1787 ; m Jose[)h Teague. 

Third Generation. — Job's chil. Asenath, b Oct o, 1 792 ; d 
in inf. Col. John, lawyer, b Sept 10, 1793: in M;irtlia Weeks 
of Jeff. Capt. Job, b Aug 9, 1795; in 1st, .Marcia Church; 
2d, Huth Huston; r in Dam. N;mcy, b July lo, 1797; m 
Daniel Cliai)in:in, Dam. Jane, b Oci 7, 1799; in Enocli Per- 
kins. Sar.-di, b Sept 8, 1802; m Capt. John Ijiylor. George, 
b Jan 29, 1804 ; m 1, Julia Woodward of Bristol. 2d, Sarah 
Bryer. Jerusha, b June 15, 180(3 ; m Capt. Andrew Elliott, 
Jun., Mar 22, 1836. Margery, b Sept 5, 1808; in Wilhud 
Clapp; r in Port. Elijah B, b Ap 18, 1811; m Emily Ken- 
nedy of Jeff. Mar 20, 1837. Emily, b Feb 9, 1813. Mary, b 
Dec 5, 1814 ; m George Kennedy of Jeff. 

Fourth Generation. — Col. John's chil. ICmily G, b Oct 6, 
1820; d Sept 10, 1826. John Augustus, b Dec 5, 1827; m 
Mary E. Burnliam. Killed by collision on board of Steamer 
Ocean in Boston llinbor. Joseph W, b ]Mar 13, 1829 : r in N 
Y. Marcus L i\I, b Ap 30, 1833 ; m 3Iari.i H Winslow of Bath, 
May 26, 1856; member ot 16th Ivcg ^le A'ols, 9 mos ; dis- 
ch:n\ged on account of disjibility. Afterwards Capt. of Co I, 
32il J\eg Me Vols; mustered out Dec. 26, 1864 when the 31st 



394 



GENEALOGY. 



Fred E, h xMar 2S, 1S35; 
; discluirged for disability, 



and 32 Kegs were consolidated. 
Lieut of Co C, 4ti) lleg Me V^ol,>- 
then enlisted in lltli U S Intkntry. 

Capt. Job's chil. Alvan, b Nov 6, IShS; m Martha Louise 
ilmrlowof Woburn, Mass, July 1, 1847. Edward B, b Jau 
29 1820; tn Mary Blake of Dam. Caroline, b Feb 23, 1823; 
ni U lUard Hall of Dam. Feb 28, 18o0. Elizabeth T, b Mar 14, 
182.J ; m Capt Joseph A Yates of Br. Uldi-ic Job b Feb 7 
I82U ; d June 22, 1840. Marcia C, b Dec 8, 1830; >u Robert 
VV Jluston ot Eastport, Dec 31, 1849. Ruth Adelaide, b Mar 
14, 1833 ; ni Stanitord Hilton of Brem, July 2, 1854 ; r in Cal 
James E, b Nov 22, 1834 ; r in Nevada. Mai'v K, b Decl9 
1836 ; m xAIelvin Hall of Dam, Aug 31, 18,54. Uldric Job, 2d 
b Ap 21, 1840 ; r in Nevada. Harriet Ann, b Ap 5, 1842 • in 
\\illiamB Johnston of Brem, Dec 11, 1864. Antoinette 
htinson, b May 27, 1845. Norris Huston, b Ap 12, 1851. 

George's chil. Arietta ; m Josiah Foy of Kittery of U S 
army. Delia ; r in Bos. 

Elijah B's chil. Clara M, b June 15, 1839 ; m Charles Edward 
J ernald of Port. Ap 2, 1861. Mary E, b Sept 8, 1840. Horace 
K, b Mar 24, 1842 ; d Mar 22, 1848. Ella A, b Julv 25, 1847. 
Mrs Clara M Fernald's chil. Margie Loise, b July 3,' 1864. 

J^lft/i Generation. — John Augustus' chil. Eva. 

Marcus L's chil. Willie M, b Jan 4, 1857; d July 30 18G4 
Charlie E, b Jan 25, 1858 ; d July 14, 1864. Joseph Auo'nstiae, 
b Oct 8, 1864. ' fa' 



HUTCHIXGS 



Daniel H, b m Edg, Nov. 17, 1804; m, 1st, Mary Ann Teao-ue 
of Nob, June 12, 1825; 2d, Widow Caroline Cothran, Apll 
1863 ; c to N Ap 13, 1863 ; Caroline, b Nov 18, 1814 

Daniel H's chil. Daniel F, Sea Captain, b in Br, June 16, 
182/ ; m Lois Stetson of Nob. Caroline C, b Mar 5, 1830- m 
Edward Wdkinson, Dec 7, 1848. Henry F, b Auo- l 18 33- 
m Elizabeth Wells of Mass. Capt Hartley D, b July 5, 1835 ; in 
the East India Trade. Ann Eliza, b in Wis. Aug 6, 1839 • m 
Waterman Stetson of Damariscove Island. Mary Etta, b A d 
1, 1841 ; r in New Haven, Conn. 



JONES. 

Cornelius, c to N. from Exeter, N. H., and settled at Dam. 
Mills early m the history of the township. His wife c from 
Lynn, Mass. They were interred in the old cemetery on the 
hill nearly opposite the Catholic church. 




GENEALOGY. 395 

Cornelius' cbil. 1, Joseph, capt. in Revolutionary war ; r in 
Jeff. ; d of apoi>k'xy. at Dam. ^lills. 2, Jonatlian ; m Jenny 
Nutter of N. H. ; r in Jeff. 3, Benjamin, r where ]\Ir. Howe 

lived; m Hall. 4, John, b Dec 12, 1740; m Charily 

Smith of N. II., Dec 1, 1760; d Dec 25, 1H22. Charity d Aug 
1.-), 1825. 

Third Generation. — .lohn's chil. 1, John, h Au<j^ 13, 1761 ; 
d Feb 14, 1765. 2, Nancy, b, Ap 12, 1763 ; d Sept 12, 1765 ; 

3, Nancy ajid 4 Charity, twins, b June 1, 1766; d in inf 5, 
(.-harlotte, b Nov 26, 1767; m Elder Samuel Fla<i<,' of l)<ts : a 
lifer in the Revolution; d July, 1817. 6, John 2d, b July 6, 
1769 ; d Oct 21, 1771. 7, Josiah, b Oct 17, 1772. s, John 3d, 
b July 6, 1775; m Widow Mathews of Nob ; r in N. 9, Dan- 
iel, b ]May 4, 177<S ; m Nancy Dinsmore of Dies INIar 25, 1809. 
10, Eliphalet and 11 Jerusha, twins, b May 2, 1783. Jerusha d 
in'inf. Eliphalet r in Nob. 12, Timothy, b Oct 21, 1787. 

Fourth Generation. Daniel's chil. 1, Charlotte, b Ausj 25, 
1810 ; d Nov IS, 1829. 2, Samuel A, b Dec 4, 1812 ; d Dec 16, 
1813. 3, Maria Louisa, b Nov 8, 1815 ; m James Clark of Jeff. 

4, Samuel Allen, b Jan 25, 1817. 5, Warren Shaw, b Feb 27, 
1820 ; m Marv Clark. 6, Margaret, b Sei)t 7, 1823 ; d Au<r 29, 
1S48. 7, Eunice, b Ausr 26, 1826; d Nov 12, 1850. 8, Charles 
Edward, b Sept 15, 1829; Member of Co I 14th Maine Kei; ; d 
Oct 1863 at N Orleans. 9, Harriet W, b Ap 24, 1833. ^ 10, 
Sarah Elizaiieth, b July 14, 1835 ; d Dec 9, 1851. 

K A Y A X A G II . 

James, Sen., b in the town of New Koss, Wexford Co., I. ; c 
to Bos. in 1781 and soon alter landed at N. ; m Sarah Jackson 
of Bos. ; owned lands and mills at Dam. Falls; and under the 
firm of Kavanaoh and Cottrill, carried on an extensive business 
there; d June 3, 1828, a^- 72. Sarah liis w. d Jan 16, 1813. 

James, Sen.'s chil. Hon. Edward, b Ap 27, 1795. Educated 
at Montreal and (Teor<;etown Colleges. Grad. at St. Clary's, 
Baltimore, in 1813. He adopted the i)rofession of law arid was 
honored with offices both in town and county. In 1828 he was 
el. Secretary of the Senate of Maine, then sittinsj in Port. lu 
1829, he was a member of the Maine Senate from Lincoln Co. 
In 1830 be was el. a Representative to Congress, and in 1832 
he was returned there by a large majority. In 1835 he was 
appointed by Pres. Jackson, Charge de Affaires to Portugal, 
where he continued till 1841. After his return in 1842, he was 
el. to the State Senate, and re-el. in 1843, of which body he was 
chosen Pres. During the session of 1843 Gov. Fairfield was el. 
to the LT. S. Senate, and Mr. Kavauagii, by virtue of his ollice 



390 GENEALOGY. 

as Pres. of the State Senate, became acting; Governor for the 
remainder of the year. He vvas one of the Commissioners from 
JMauie on the settlement of the N. Eastern boundary in 1(S42 ; 
d June 21, 1S44. Sally d May 7, 1824, a<r 27. John d at 
l^atavia, E. T. Aug 1824, ag 24. Margarett, m James Waters, 
P^sq.. of Jeif. Francis INI, d Oct 17, 1833 ag 30. James, Jr., in 
Mary Field of Whit. Wuniifred. 

James, Jun.'s chil. Edward, b Jan 20, 1836. Mary Ann, b 
Dec 1, 1839. James, b May 4, 1842 ; d Dec 29. 1848. Fran- 
cis, b Nov 15, 1844 ; d Dec. 18, 1848. John, b Dec 6, 1846 ; d 
Jan 9, 1849. James Augustus, b Oct 8, 1848. Winnifred, b 
Dec 19, 1850. John, 2d, b Ap 25, 1853. Sarah, b June 24, 
1855, Francis 2d, b June 13, 1857. Elizabeth, b Aug. 27, 
1859. 

KENNEDY. 

Samuel Kennedy was of Scotch descent, c from I and settled 
at S about 1731. 

Samnel's chil. Jane, b Feb 23, 1751 ; m Henry. James, 

b Sept 17, 1753. William, b July 10, 1755 ; Sea Capt ; drowned 

in Wis Harbor; Agnes, b Jan 28, 1758; m 1st, Perkins; 

2d David Boynton ; r in Alna, Hannah, b Feb 17, 1760; m 
Dea Joseph Jackson; r in Jeff. Samuel, b Dec 1, 1761; Sea 
Capt ; r in Turk's Island a number of years, acquired pro]>erty 
and returned home sick, where he died, liobert, b Oct 6, 1763. 
David, b Dec 12, 1765 ; m Elizabeth Simpson ; d Jidy 17, 1851. 

Third Generation — David's chil. W Sim])son, b Ap, 1793 ; 
d of vellovv fever ag 19, on a voyaire from \N I ; buried in West. 
Pobert, b Nov 23, 1794 ; m SaralT Campbell, Dec 24, 1822; d 
Oct 11, 1874. Elizabeth, b Ap 15, ] 797 ; m Henry Woodbridge ; 
d Ap 3, 1846. Samuel, b July 5, 1799 ; d Dec 23, 1857. David, 
b June 21, 1801 ; James, b 1803 ; d young. Joseph Jackson, b 
July 30, 1806; m Susan Chisam of Al Jan 31, 1833; r in Al 
Wis. Lewis, b Sept 8, 1808 ; ra Hannah Nickels, Jan 17, 




Fourth Generation. — liobert's chil. Thomas C, b Dec 5, 
1825 ; m 1st JVIary Jane Woodbridge, Dec 25, 1857 ; m 2d Laura 
A Weeks, Jan 10, 1870. Elizabeth, b Sept 26, 1826; m Cajjt 
James Cook, Dec 19, 1843 ; d Mar 21. 1855. Willard G, b Oct 
11, 1828; m Henrietta Delano, Mar 22; 1853; r in Mapleton, 
Iowa. Arabella, b Mar 20, 1831 ; m Isaac Dodge, Dec 3], 1851. 
Sarah, bJanG, 1833: d Sept 19, 1836. Caroline C, b Mar 26, 




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GENEALOGY. 397 

1835; d Feb 10, IS.ia. IJoIhtI, 1) Mar :?1, 1.S37 ; d Aulc :^5, 
1«40. Sarali Jane, b June 5. is 10. 

JosopbV cliil. Setli, b June 17, IH.'^.") ; ni Harriet Smith ; r in 
Mass. Fi-ances M, b Nov 14, 1S37. ^\nn Klizal)etli, I) .Inne 21, 
1843. 

Lewis eliil. Charles Xiekels, b Nov 5, 1S38. Alono/o Lewis, 
b Oet L>2, 1.S44. Fhysieian in Bos. 

Fifth Qeneratioii. — 'I'honuis' eliil. Eddie, b ISfJO : d in inf. 
Frank, b 1.SB2; d in inf. 

Willard's elul. Ella A, b Sept 21, 1854. >Lmv W, b Dec 17, 
18(i0. VVillard H, b Feb 1862. 

James c from L and settled on tlie "Great Neck" previous to 
1835; m Jane liocige. 

James' chil. Samuel, b Aut; s, 1740 : m ^NFartlia Hoj)kins in 
1780; Justice of the Peace 21 years, and Deputy Sheritl' 14 
years; d Oct 4, 1831. James, sea capt. ; r at Wis. A dau^liter 
drowned near home when about 1<S years of age. A second 
daughter; m Aaron Kelley of Montville. 

2'hlrd Generation. — Samuel's chil. James, b July 13, 17<S1 ; 
fell from a plank, when wheelins^ wood on board a vessel and 
drowned near Shattuck's Mills, a<ij 20. Jane, b Ap 4, 17.S3; m 
1st, Joel Somes ; 2d, William Sherman ot Edg. 1812. Martha, 
b Feb 13, 1785; m Robert Cothrau of Edcj. I d 1863. Sarah, 
b Mar 1!), 1787 ; d Sept 31, 185S. Rachel," b Oct 10, 178.S ; m 
Jonathan Wilson of Edg. Samuel, b Sept 23, 1790 ; m Harriet 
Dodge July, 1814; r in Patricktown Plantation. Eunice, b 
July 17, 1702; m David Cothrau; d 1865. William, b Ap 25, 
170"'4; m 1st, Abigail Clifford of Edg. ; 2d, Hannah Hatch of 
Bristol Jan 23, 1823; d Nov 10, 1835. Henry, b Aug 25, 
1706 ; Justice of the Peace ; m ^NLirtha Calderwood of Jeff". Mar 
17, 1835. Martha d Mar 23, 1850. Nancy, b June 7, 1708; m 
Sanuiel Cothrau of Patricktown Plantation, in 1817 ; d Sei)t 
1810. 

J^ourth Generation. — William's chil. William, Jr, b Aug 
24, 1821 ; m Olive (^ray of Rooth ; r in Ros. Jerome, b Dec 1, 
1823 ; m Eineline Campbell, Dec 31, 1.S45. Angeline F, b ->Iur 
5, 1825 ; m Simon C Moody of I'nity. Emery R, b Sept 2, 
1826 ; m Eliza Chai)man of Dam ; r in Ros. N'ashti A, b Feb 
13, 1828; m Oliver Palmer of Al ; r in A. .>[artha A, b Oct 
24, 1829 ; m Austin Averil. Rriggs H, b June 30, 1831 ; d Mar 
2, 1855. Tliom;is Hem-v, b Ap 6, 1833. Hannah H, b June 11, 
1835 ; m William R. Perkins of Dam ; d Feb 20, 18()1. 

Esq Henry's chil. Samuel, b June 26, 1836 ; m Lucinda Mer- 
rill of Nob; r in New York. Edward, b Feb 17, 1S30 ; mem- 
ber 137th Reg New York Vol ; stationed at Charleston, S. C. 



398 GENEALOGY. 

Fifth Generation. — Jerome's cliil. Eugene William, b Nov 
12, hS47. 

ThoniMs' chil. Esther W, b Dec 1, 1873. Laura L, b Ap 

23, l^SO. 

Dea Thomas, Sr., b about 17-13 in North of I in ; c to 

this country wlien eight years of age ; m Sarah Hodge of Etlg 
1775 ; r at Pleasant Cove, Booth ; afterward c to N. 

Dea Thomas' chil. Anna, b July 24, 1776; m Andrew Nil- 
son of Al. Joseph d at s«^a. Sarah, d Sept 1861. William, m 
Asenath Bruce; d in 1853. Betsey, m Edward Ikobinson of 
Al ; Kosannn, m Christopher Ei'skine of Jeff. Mary, m Thomas 
Trask of Jeff. liUth, m Dnnnner Trask of Jeff. Martiia, m 
John King of Whit. Susan, m John King of Whit as second 
wife. Thomas, Jr, b Ap 19, 1782; m lietsey Hodge of Al, 
Dec. 28, 1815 ; d Feb 15, 1854. Betsey, d Feb'l8, 1854. John, 
killed under an ox-sled near David Simpson's at Gravelly Brook. 

l^hird Generation. — Thomas Jr's ch.il. 1, Thomas 3d, b Nov 

I, 1817; m Volutia Glidden of Fayette, July 6, 1845. 2, Wil- 
mot, b Ap 6, 1820; d 1841. 

Fourth Generation. — Abbie E, b Nov 1, 1846; d P'eb 18, 
1848. Freddie O, b Ap 8, 1848; Edwin S, b :Mar 20, 1851. 
Everett N, b Jan 3, 1853; d Ap 21, 1854. Annie B, b Mar 

24, 1856. Georgie W, b July 29, 1858. 

L E I G II T O N . 

John, Sr. 

John's chil. Lois, b May 5, 1767 ; m John Day, 1801. iNLary, 
b Aug 30, 176<S. Jonathan, b Dec 8, 1770; m Anne McNear, 
Mar 31, 1.S07. John, b Sept 28, 1772. Lemuel, b Aug 11, 
1774. William, b Mar 2, 1777. 

Ezekiel, m Anna . 

Ezekiel's chil. Samuel, b jMay 7, 1775. Jose})!!, b Ap 11, 
1781 ; in Sarah Chase. 

Richard, b on Dyer's Neck, where Capt Chase now r; after- 
wards took up a farm on the upper part of the Neck ; m Rebecca 
Dodge ; had four chil ; all d in inf except George, who was b 
Feb 11, 1786. George, m Mary Baker ot Edg. Mary, b July 

II, 1786. 

George's chil. 1, George, Jr, b. Nov 9, 1806 ; m Sarah McAl- 
lister of Jeff Nov 6, 1834^ Sarah McA, was b Oct 22, 1809; r 
in Al. 2, Mary, b Sept 9, 180.S ; m James INIcDonakl; r in 
Somerville. 3, Luke, b Jan 27, 1810 ; d Stpt 19, 1834. 4, Re- 
becca, b Dec 20, 1812; m John IMcDonahl ; r in Somerville, 
Mass. 5, Jon;ithan, b Nov 29, 1(S14 ; m Lovina Baker ot Sid- 
ney ; r in Jeff. 6, William, b Nov 29, 1816 ; m Lucinda Glid- 



GENEALOGY. 399 

den of Somerville, Mass. 7, Xalhnniel, b Sept 2, 1S1«; tn 
Widow Sarah Hilton. 8, Samuel, b Nov 15. 1820; m Adeline 
Hatch. 9, Jane, b Nov 9, 1824 ; d Oct 2.5, 18;^."i. 1(J, Hannah, 
b Feb 15, 1822; d Mar 22, 1840. 11, Daniel, b Ap 9, 1827; r 
in Cal. 12, Elizabeth, b Feb 22, 1829; m Asa Melcher ; r in 
Bath. 

(leoige Juii.'s ehil. 1, Geor<^e A, b in X. Jan 13, 1836; m 
Abby Cheney May 9, 18(52. Eiili.sted in the army Dec 1863; d 
in Louisiana. 1S64. 2, Kuth F, b in N. Sept 27, 1837; ra 
Richard W Weymouth ; r in Michigan ; have one son Freder- 
ick. 3, Alexander, b in N. .May 26, 1840. 4, Rose, b in N. 
Ap 1, 1844. 5, Bradford W, b in Al. Mar 26, 1846 where 
George, Jun., now r. 6, Richard R, b Aug. 17, 1851 ; d Ap 5, 
1857. 7, James C, b Oct. 18, 1853. 

Samuel's chil. 1, Eddie, d Dec 25, 1866. 

LEWIS. 

DetVanshaw, sea capt. ; b in Booth. Jan. 13, 1836 ; c to X in 
1844 ; m Mrs. Fmily Davis in London, iMarch 28, 1858. Lived 
13 yrs in Australia ; returned to N. in 1871. Mrs. Emily was b 
in Salem, Mass., May 12, 1834. 

Chil. 1, Moses Spencer, b May 12, 1859; d June 13, 1860. 
2, a sou. 3, a son ; both d in infancy. 

L A M P S O X . 

William, b in Edg. Sept 20, 1823; m Rebecca Cunningham 
Jan 9, 1846 ; c to X^in 1846. Rebecca, b Mar 16, 1819. 

William' s chil. 1, William W, b Mar 19, 1847. 2, Mary F, 
twin sister, b Mar 19, 1847. 3, Everett Stetson, b Jan 14, 1850. 
4, Susan V, b July 18, 1852. 

L E X N O X . 

Patrick, sea caj)!., of an ancient and honorable family was b 
in Port Patrick, Scotland, Ap 1750; c to X. ; m Margarett, 
McXear, 1785 ; d Ap 19, 1831. Margarett d :\Lay 17, 1844. 

Patrick's chil. 1, Robert, sea capt., b Mar 13, 1786 ; m Sophia 
Cunningham, Mar 15, 1821 ; d Mar 14, 1857. 2, Thomas, sea 
capt., b Nov 1, 1788 ; m Mary Erskine, Ap 18, 1820 ; d Mar 10, 
1864. 3, Patrick, sea capt., b May 15, 1794; r at Wis.; m 
three times; two sons and two daughters survive him; d July 
28, 1861. 

Capt. Robert's chil. I, Helen :M, b May 25, 1823 ; m Wm M 
Boyd, Aug 19, 18,)2 ; r in San Francisco. 2, Xaney Jane, b 
Nov 21, 1824 ; m Thomas J Fogg, Nov 10, 1851 ; r m Bos. 3, 



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GENEALOGY. 



Henry b Oct 12, 182G ; m Anna Cutts of Mnrysville, Ccal., A]> 
30, 1863; r in 8:ii. Francisco; d on the Pacific, Sept. 4, 18G4. 

4, Harriet, b Alio- 9, 1,S29; m Alfred 1) Campbell, Nov 21, 18o8, 

5, Robert 1), b Sept 19, 1837 ; r in Marysville, Cal. 6, Charles 
A, b Dec 28, 1841; r in Cal. 

Capt Thomas' chil. 1, Thomas I'arkman, Sea Capt ; b Dec 
10, 1821; m Harriet M Gorliain of Nob, Oct 17, 1848; r in 
Bath ; d June 3, 1862. 2, Alexander Erskine, b July 11, 
1824; d in Cal, j\Iay 31, 1857. 3, Frances Geor^nana T, b 
Ap 29. 1826 ; m Capt Farley Hopkins, Oct 12, 1843. 4, George 
Erastus, b ]\Iay 14, 1.S28 ;\l in Australia, .Alar 14, 18.56. 5, 
Edwin Sewall, b Feb 19, 1.S30. Grad at Bow Col l.S.')4. lie 
ceived the Degree of jMDl859; m Sarah Elizabeth Staufield 
of Brnns Mar 7, 1855 ; r in Worcester, Mass. 6, M;iry E, b 
Nov 28, 1832; m Rev Horace L Biay of East Maine Contereuce 
and Chaplain in the armv, Ap 3, 1860. 7, Lucinda Holmes, b 
June 23, 1835 ; d May 18", 1859. 

Chil of Mary E and H L Bray. One son. Edwiu Lennox, b 
in N Jan 7, 1863. 

L I X C O L N . 

Benjamin, b in Scituate, Mass, about 1765. c to Br about 
1773; m Sarah Clark of N, in 1 7<S9 where he r; Mechanic and 
Ti-ader aiul held several civil offices; d July 30, 1848. 

Ijcnjamin's chil. Benjamin, b Dec 10, 1789; d Jan 7, 1792. 
Sarah, b Nov 6, 1 791 ; d in inf. Benjamin, b Feb 10, 1793 ; d Aug 
22, 1798. Sophia, b Feb 21, 1795; m 1st Capt Samuel Little; 
2d, Hon Amos H Hodgnian of Warren, Dec 3, 1826; d Oct 24, 
1859. Huldah, b Dec. 5, 1796; m 1st Col Robert Murray; 2d 
Hon Amos H Hodgnian, May 11, 1862. Nathaniel, b Dec 10, 
1798; d Jan 9, 1803. Ephraim, b Mar 25, 1801; m Eineiine 
Brown of Vassalboro' ; -a ^lerchant ; r in Bangor; d 1843. 
Sarah, b Nov 18, 1802; m Barnard Dillingham; r in Warren. 
Nancy, b June 15, 1804 ; m Carlton Jones; r in Nob. P^dward, 
Sea Capt, b Mar 26, 1806; m Roxy Gorham of Nob; d togeth- 
er with wife and child when shipwi"ecked on the coast of Mary- 
land, Mar 17, 1852. Isaac, b Nov 26, 1807; d Feb 13, 1810. 
Lydia L, b Oct 13, 1809 ; d Aug 7, 1835. Joshua, Col of Regi- 
ment, b May 2, 1811 ; m Martlui A Austin, Oct 3, 1846; d Ap 
29, 1860. B Franklin, b Oct 22, 1813 ; d Jan 13, 1S16. Caro- 
line, b Dec 29, 1817 ; d Aug 9, 1845. 

Col Joshua's chil. Benjamin, b June 30, 1847 ; member of 
31st Reg Me Vols. Sophia' H, b Mar 24, 1849. Clara Anna, b 
May 17, 1851; d Ap 11, 1852. Howard A, b May 20, 1853. 
Sarah, b July 2, 1S55. Edward, b Ap 29, 185S. Mary A, b 
Nov. 17, 1.S60. 



This paper was iuadvertently delayed, but as a matter of 
necessity and accommodation is here insertetl. 

K E L L E Y .* 

Capt. Robert was born in Liverpool, Eng., and was brought to 
Wiseasset by Capt. David Otis between the years 1798 and 
1795, and remained witli lum until he became of a;^^e. Then he 
commanded a vessel for Messrs. Wood & Co. of Wiseasset and 
sailed from that port until he was lost witli all hands on his pas- 
sage irom Wilmington, N. C, to Martinique, in 1818, the year 
that Daniel D. was born. He married Miss Mary Holmes, 
daughter of John Holmes of N. about 1809, at which place he 
resided after his marriage. They had four sons, Robert, named 
for his lather, James, William, and Daniel D. who is a man ot 
business and influence and resides in East Boston. His grand- 
father, John Holmes, is said to have fought at the battle of 
Bunker Hill and lost one eye in the engagement. Daniel D. 
was a member of the first Sunday School that was organized in 
the new chiu-ch at that place. 



♦Communicated by D. D. Kellcy. 



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LITTLE 



AchibaUl, c from North of I., Scotch descent, and settled at 

S. as early as 1731 or 2; ni Nickels. Had five sons, 

C'upt. James, John, Ca])t Henry, Ca|)t Alexander and C.apt. 
Samuel, and two daughters ; one of whom m a IJoyd. 

Capt. James lived two yrs in the middle of the town; after- 
wards took up oOO acres of land on the Dam river, where Wil- 
liam Dod<i;e and the Widow FlagLi: afterward r; m Betsey Mc 
Glathery ; lived on a part of this tract; d in 1812. Capt. 
Henry m Kosannali IMcMnllen ; r on the other part where 
Wm. Dodge now does ; d soon after Cai)t James, his brother. 
John was a soldier and d in the Revolutionary army. Capt. 
Alexander m P\'inny Nickels and r whei'e Eiias Bailey now does. 
Capt. Samuel m 1st, Widow Catharine Dodge, Nov 4; ISO.'); m 
2d, Widow Thankful Otis ; r on the farm that AldenWhite now 
owns ; his house was taken down a few years since, d Jan 8 or 
9, 1828, ag G4. Thaiddul d Sept 28, 1863, ag 96 yrs and 5 mos. 

Third Generation. — Ca])t. James' chil. 1, Ca])t Henry, b 
Jan 12, 1774; m Mary Kinsman of Nob.; r a little to the 
north and east of Dea. R Bailey's. 2, James, Jr., b Ap 15, 
1775; m and r in Frankfort. 3, Mary, b Dec 27, 1776; r in 
Warren; dressmaker. 4, John, b Aug 19, 1779; d by falling 
from main yard and being drowned otf a vessel of which he was 
mate and his brother Henry master. 5, Hannah, b Jan 26, 
17S1. G, Betsey, b Nov 26, 1782. 7, Caj)!. Samuel, b Mar 11, 
1786; m Sophia Lincoln; d at sea. 8, Capt. William, b Nov 
15, 1787; m in Baltimore where he died. 9, Nancy, b Aug 26, 
1789 ; m McGlathery of Frankfort. 10, Fanny, b Sept 27, 1791. 
11, Alexander, b Mar 29, 1793 ; kiiocked overboard by the fore- 
boom, same day out from Wiscasset, bound to the W. I. in 

schooner , with lumber, Ri("hard II Wade, master, and 

drowned. A handsome and promising young man. His friends 
mourned his exit. 

Capt Henry's chil. 1, Robert, b May 30, 1779. 2, Jane, b 
Mar 24, 1781; m as 1st w, Capt James Drummond of ]>r. 3, 

Rosannah, b Jan 23, 1783; m 1st Eaton; m 2d, 

Kendall. 4, Sally, b Nov 22, 1784; m James Nickels Cooper, 
ship-builder; r in Pittston. 5, Polly, b Nov 29, 1786 ; m James 
Dodge; r in Brnns and Pittston. 6, Harry, b Ap 13, 1788; d 
at sea. 7, Archibald, b Nov 23, 1790 ; d at sea. 8, Thomas, b 
Jan 10, 1793; m Mary D Farley; r in Nob. 9, Alexander, d 
in St. Vincent. 

Capt Alexander's chil. 1, son killed by the kick of a horse. 
2, Charlotte, b May 24, 1796; m Willia'ms Hopkins, June 8, 
1820; d Aug 29, 1834. 3, Harriet, b 1798; m Capt James 



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GENEALOGY. 



Druinmond of Hr as his 2d wife. 4, Caroline, m Col James 
Erskine of Br. 

Capt Samuel's cliil. 1, George, d of Typhus fever 
in 1827, ag 20. 2, Samuel, Jr ; m Elizabeth Clark of 
Dam; d in a vessel coming into Bath, ag 31. 3, Charles, 
was sick of Typhus fever in 1827, and always remained 
lame; d in 1837. 4, Catherine, d of Typhus fever in 1827, ag 
ab 13. 5, James, b 1816 ; sick of Typhus fever in 1827 and has 
always continued lame, aifecting his walk. 6, John, sick of 
Typhus fever in 1827; m lloxy Hall of Nob; r in Dam and Cal. 
7, Frank, sick of Typhoid fever in 1827, recovered; m Martha 
Trask of Windsor; moved to Minnesota in 1857; d about four 
years afterwards. 

LYNCH. 

Daniel, b in Wis, ]\[ar 1786; c to N about 182.5 ; m Sarah 
Leman ; d Oct 13, 1861. Sarah, d Sept 21, 1856. 

Daniel's chil. 1, Abigail; m Daniel H Brown of Bos ; r in 
Port. 2, Daniel, d at tlie Sandwich Islands. 3, Sarah. 4, Henry. 
5, Mary. 6, John, b Nov 7, 1825 ; m Mary Trask of Bos, former- 
ly of Edg, May 19, 1851. 7, William. 

Third Generation. — John's chil. Anna S, b Mar 29, 1852. 
John D b June 29, 1853: d Feb 28, 1854. Mary Frances, b 
May 7, 1853. Sarah p:ila. b Feb 7, 1857. Edward C, b Aug 
10. 1860 ; d Sept 5, 1861, Ida, b Feb 16, 1863. 

31 A D I G A N . 

Walter, b in I. Dec. 21, 1766; m Catharine Cottrill Aug 4, 
1793; c to N. in 1805; d Jan 2, 1849. Catharine b Mar' 20, 
1776 ; d Aug 1, 1857. 

'Walter's chil. John, sea capt., b June 24, 1795; m Elizabeth 
Cottrill May 7, 1820 ; d July 10, 1862. James, b Oct 16, 1796 ; 
lost in a missing ship from Dam. Wijliam, b Nov. 2, 1798; 
mate of ship ; d at sea, June 20, 1816. Mary, b Dec 21, 1802 ; 
m Capt. Alexander Barstow ; d Jan 29, 1861. Anastasia, b 
June 12, 1804 ; m William Joyce; r at the West; d Jan, 1865. 

Matthew, sea capt., b Jan 2o, 1806 ; in Mary of England ; 

d at Callao, May 29, 1854. Edmund, b Sept 23, 1808 ; sea capt.; 
lost at sea Dec, 1833. Lydia, b June 12, 1810; d July 4, 1832. 
Third Generation. — Capt. John's chil. James Cottrill, b July 
22, 1821. Lawyer; m Marianna Wiiittier of Belfast, Oct 8, 
1846 ; r in Iloulton. Grad. at Georgetown College. John, sea 
capt. ; Lieutenant commanding in U. S. Navy; b Aug 5, 1823 ; 
m Helen J Bryant, Mar 1, 1859; was in the Japanese expedition 



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GENEALOGY. 403 

in U. S. sloop of war, Saratoija, and in one of the boats that 
entered the harbor. Matthew Cottrill, b June 22, 1827 ; d Dee. 
4, 1.S27. Mary Elizabeth, b Ap 1, 183i). Matthew Cottrill, 2d, 
b July 12, l.s:32; d May 9, 1852. Ednuind, b Sept 4, ls;}o ; 
member of Cam. Law School ; lawyer ; r in Presque Isle. Cath- 
arine Glidden, b May 9, 1838. 

MARSH. 

William, b in Nottingham, Eng. Feb 1, 1790; c to N in Sept 
1824; m Lucy Y Ri'nes of Al Nov 1, 1832; Luey, b Dec 1, 
1802; d May 1, 1858. 

William's chil. William K, b Aug 23, 1832, of loth Me 
Reg. James H, b May 9, 1834, U S Navy. Martha A, b Mar 
13, 1836; m Alfred McNear, Aug 9, 1862. Sarah J, b Jan 7, 
1838; m Ira E Hopkins, Jan 26, 1860. John S, b May, 25 
1840; 15th Me Keg Vol. Laura A, b Dec 15, 1842; d Nov 
12, 1843. Carrie M, h Oct 25, 1845 ; m Thomas Blake of Wis, 
Jan 24, 1864. 

All these sons and sons-in-law, six in number, have been in 
U S Service. The father, too, was in the British service 17 years. 
One has been wounded, but all, Feb 1864, were living. 

M A H O N E Y . 

George G, b in Northport, Jan 8, 1834 ; c to N in 1863 ; m 
Mary Ellen Wilson, Feb 6, 1865. 

Dennis, b in West, Ap 8, 1809 ; ra Sarah R Shattuek, May, 
1838; c to N, May 1838. 

Adopted chil. Celia AduUa ; m Franklin L Carney, Esq. 

M O O D Y . 

Simon C, b June 21, 1827, in Unity; c to N in 1850; m 
Frances Angeline Kennedy, Nov 18, 1852. Frances b Mar 5, 
1825. Simon d Ap 26, 1879. 

Simon C's chil. Mary 1-Clleii, b Nov 3, 1853, Anson P. Mor- 
rill, b Dec 28, 1855 ; d Jan 12, 1871. 

M A R S O N . 

George, b in Bos ab 1755 ; m 1st Mary McGoun of Dresden 
Me, who d in Whit ag 33 ; m 2d, Davis of Whit. 

George chil by 1st w. 1, Mary ; m David Given. 2, Geoi-ge, 
d. 3, Joseph, d. 4, Rebecca ; m Jacob Jewell. 5, Elizabeth ; 
m Robert Simpson. 



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GENEALOGY. 



McLean. 

Daniel S, b in Plympton, Mass., Nov 28, 1824; m Oi.helia 
Hopkins bepl 1, 185i) ; r in Dam. ; d Ap 21, 1863. 

Daniel's cliil J Sumner, b in N. July 29, 1860. Daniel 
SoiUli worth, b in N. June 8, 1863. 

MERRILL. 

18lJ ' '" ^^^^' ^ ^^^^'' ^^' ^^^^- -^^"^^^ b Mar 25, 

Franklin's chil. Edwin B, b Feb 21, 1839; d July 8, 1843. 
Ann Elizabeth, b Peb 12, 1841. Eiwia A, b S.pt 17, 1813 

h r r^o tifJ'^' ^^^'^- J°''l^^^ ^^' b ^^^ ^' 1^55. Helen B,' 
b feept 29, 1860. ' 

Mc MICHAEL. 

R'^f "',j';" ^''xf^" ^^' ^^^^^' '" ^^i^o^^ ^I'-^'in^^li J^^itch of 
Br Ap 182/ ; c to N 1854. 

John's chil. Jane P, b Aug 29, 1827 ; m Orson A Morse of 
W ashington ; r m W. Ephraim K, b Aug 8, 1829 ; m Clemen - 
tine Haggett of Edg. 

• 'I''''" "^l"'. K?''^ ^^^' ^^^^ ' "' l^t' Ebzana D Storer of Wash- 
ington ; 2d Matilda Townseud of Washington; r in Bath 
Hiram A, b Feb 7, 1834; m Anna McLaughlin of Rockland • r" 
in Portsmouth, N H. William H, b July 12, 1836; m Chris- 
tinia Daniels of Effingham, N H ; r in S Bos. Hannah Au-usta 
bjAug26, 1839; m James O Dow, July, 1857; r in Batli d 
Dec 4, 1864. Mary P, b Mar 17, 1842 , m mtn , a 

M c ISr E A R . 

Capt John, Sen., b in 1701 ; m Mary Shirley of Chester, N. 

?■ ' ? X ?o^^\,r^^^ ' ."^ ^^''' ^'^^- ^^°"ght «f Wm. Hop- 
kins lot No 12 Was taken by the Indians twice to Canada. 
Capt. John, Sen. s chil. Capt. John, Jun. m in N. H. • lost at 
sea soon after, on a passage from Wis. to Bos. James, lost at 

T '''I ^'I'^of "^n,^"'"''- '^'''''^''- *°'^ "^ ^^'^: '" H'*i"»'^'i Laiten 
iviar z, 1/87. ihomas, knocked overboard and lost; seen but 
not recovered. Anne, m Jonathan Laiten. Sarah, m Saul 

Seavey of Wis. Nelly, m Erskine; r in Al. Betsey, 

wr~^ i^i-«kine; r in Wis. Jane, m Stevens; r in 

Wis. Margaret, in Capt. Patrick Lennox, Sen 
,„^J!^'^.^^ (^e^^emtlon.—James cliil. Cupt John 3d, b Mar 6, 
1//7; in Dartmoor Prison two vears durim,- war 1812 • m Bet- 
sey Erskine of Br Nov 15, 1801 ; lost at sea Oct 1, 1829 



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GENEALOGY. 405 

James Jr, h 1770; m Lydia Erskine, sister of Betsey; sliip- 
liuilder ; r in I}r. 

Jt)se[)l>'s cliil. Aline, b Nov 2S, I7sr,. 

Samuel, b Nov 12, 1793 ; m Widow Avevill ot Al ; r in Wis; 
d at sea. Mary, b Ap '22, ll'Jo. Joseph, b Aul; 1, 1797 ; lost 
at sea. 

Fourth Generation. — Capt John od's ehil. Sarah, b Jan 1.5, 
1SI)3; r in Wis. James 3d, b Sept 26, 1804; Mechanic: d 
Aui? 9, 18')7; r in Wis. Capt John 4th, b Aug 22, I.SUG; m 
1st Sarah L Bailey of Woolwich, Jan 21, 1832; who d 
July 12, 1839; m 2d, Susan B Greenleaf of West, who died 
Julv 9, 18 10; m 3d, Eineline A Trevett of Wis, July 12, 
1852. Baker, b Dec 30, 18i)8 ; m Maiy Cook of lios, Mar 
28, 1833 ; r in Brooklyn, N Y. Capt William, b Feb 23, 1811 ; 
m Sarah Ann YounLj of Wis; d of cholera Jan 7, 18.')D, at New 
Orleans while Master of ship Element. Geori^e, b Feb 18, 
1813 ; d in Bos Mar 26, 1842. Christopher E, b June 2o, 181.') ; 
r in Charlestown, Mass. Capt ihonias II, b j\[ar 22, 181.S ; lost at 
sea while commanding Brig Amer.mt on a passage from ILillowell 
to Philadelphia ab Oct 3, 1841. Robert, b Nov 26, 182U ; d June 

11, 1836. Elizabetti, b Nov 12, 1822 ; m Michael F Collins ; d 
in Cleaveland, Oiiio, Sept 19, 1854; buried in Wis. Wilson, b 
July 10, 1824; r in Wis; d Ap 14, 1862. Hiram H, b Dec 

12, 1826; r at Puget's Sound; employed by Government to 
quell Indian disturbances. 

Alfred, b May 19, 1841 in Brem ; 1st Me Cavalry; ra Martha 
A Marsh, Aug 9, 1862. 

Alfred's chil. William A, b Oct 18, 186-<-. 

Fifth Generation. — James 3d's chil. Thomas. William d 
in Br. ag 15. Robert d in Bos. ag 24. James 4th, in Dam. 
David d in Bristol. Alexander in the army. Jane. Ruth. 
Elmira. Mary Ann. 

M c Q U I G G . 

Daniel m Phebe Chick. 

Daniel's chil. Polly ni David Cressey. Phebe m Eilward 
Parsons ; r in Alua. Robert m Sarah Boyntou. 

Third Generation. — Robert's chil. John, b Ap 2, 18D9, 
Betsey, b 181 1 ; ni Benjamiii Frye. Nancy. Caroline ni Wil- 
liam Robinson ; r in Weymouth, Mass. Catharine m Samuel 
Perkins ; r iu Al. Almira. 

M O X T G O 31 E R Y . 
Daniel, b ia Booth. Jan 8 1801 ; m 1st, Luciuda Totman, Dec 



406 






GENEALOGY. 



1830; 2d, Fanny Gliclden, Feb 5, 1846; c to N. in 1842; d 
June 2, 1881. 

Danit'.'sclnl. 1, Mary Eliza, b July 1834 ; d Sept 2, 1842. 2, 
Fannie, b July 12, 1837 ; in Charles K Huberts of Taniwortli, 
N. II. 3, LucindaT, b Ap 18, 1841. 

MORTON. 

Capt John, bin Brein, Mav 27, 1814; m Mary Jane Side- 
linger, Nov 25, 1S39. xMary, b Mar 16, 1818. 

Capt John's chil. 1, Daniel II, b Sept 18, 1840 : mate of 
Brig Ocean Belle. 2, Vilendia, b Oct 2S, 1841 ; m Peter Cnsh- 
nian, July 4, 18-58. 3, Almira, b Sept 8, 1844. 4, Matilda, b 
Mar o, 1847. 5, Peter Alonzn, b May 18, 1851. 6, Mary Jane, 
b Jan 10, 1853 ; d Nov 20, 18G2. 7, Ida, b Sept 18, 1855. 8, 
John Henry, b Feb 28, 1859; d Dec 5, 1859. 



MURRAY. 

David, Scotch descent ; c from Londonderry, N II, about 
1764 ; ni Elizabeth McLelland abont 1766. 

Davids chil. Mary, b May 1767 ; m John Cunningham, 
1786 ; d in 1860; r at Dam Mills and Jefl'. Marjiaret, b Oct, 
176S; m Capt Alexander Cuiuungham of NVis ; d 1813. Wil 
liam, b 1770; d in int. William 2d, b 1771. Killed by the 
wheel of a cart passing over his neck when 5 years of age, his 
father driving the team. The boy was asleep in the road. 
Robert and John, twins ; Robert, in Rebecca Coburn of Pitts- 
ton ; was lost in a hurricane at sea, Dec 29, 1800. John, Sea 
Capt, d at sea from the efi'ects of a fall. Elizabeth, m Samuel 
Follansbee of Salisbury, Mass, where she r and d. James, Sea 
Capt, lost at sea in a hurricane Dec 29, 1890. David, Sea Capt ; 
d at sea of consumption. Sarah, b May 1782 ; ni Dea John Ken- 
nedy of Jeff; r there. Samuel, 1784 ; d 1859. 

After David Murray had lost six sons, he adopted his oldest 
grandson, Robert Cunningham of Jefl" as his son, who took the 
name of Robert Murray. He was Col of a Regiment, and m 
1st, Widow Rebecca Murray, Dec 2o, 1807; 2d, Iluldah Lin- 
coln, Nov 1S48. Robert, d May 6, 1859, aged 72. Rebecca, d 
Oct 27, 1846. 

Third Generation. — Robert I's chil. Oliver, sea capt., b Ap 
1, 1794; m Lucretia Shermondine of Alexandria, Va. ; d in 
Igaogary, S. A. Jan 13, 1826. Eliza, b Feb 11, 1796; m Isaac 
W Page, Capt. of ^Militia, of Wilmington, N. H. John, b 
June 30, 1798 ; m Clarissa P Cunningham Feb 22, 1824 ; d Aug 



GENEALOGY. 407 

17, 1870. Cbirissa d Oct 17, 1878. Mary C, b Ap 30. 1801. 

Robert 2d's chil. Rebecca, b Aug 2o, 1808 ; in 1st, William 
Vanner ; 2d, John Perkins; d Oct 17, 1862. Robert, Jan., sea 
ca|)t, b Nov 4, 1810 ; ni 1st w, Nancy Jane Rin;dlett of Al. ; 
2d \v. Widow Maria Reynolds, N. Y. ; r in Brooklyn, N. Y. 
David, b Sept 18 [3 ; d in inf. Helen, b 1829. 

Fourth Generation. — John's chil. Margarett, b Jan 13, 
1825; d May 1, 1860. Ann Maria, b Jan 25, 1827; ni Abra- 
ham Hall Oct, 1850; r in California. Oliver, b Oct 1, 1829; r 
in Cuba; d Sept lo, 1878. Clara, b Sept i, 1832; d Aug 15, 
1854. Laviaia, b Mar 29, 1835. Alexander, b Sept 25, 1837 ; 
m Maria Rafter; r in Mass. Robert, b Mar 17, 1840; m Har- 
riett Jackson ; r in Cal. John H, b Nov 14, 1843 ; d June 11, 
1860. 

M Y K I C K . 

Dr Josiali, b in Easthani, Mass, Sept 20, 1768 ; m Mary Clark 
of Brewster, Sept 24, 1789 ; c to N and settled one (piarter of a 
mile to the west of Dam -Bridge about 1794; d Ap 9, 1828. 
Mary, d Sept 18, 1849. 

Dr Josiah's chil. Mary P ; d young. Lot, Physician ; ra 
Elizabeth C Dole of Al, Mar 1832 ; r in Augusta. Josiah, b 
Aug 11, 1795; m Hannah Glidden, Feb 4, 1822; engaged in 
shipbuilding, and was a man of extensive and ])ros[»erous busi- 
ness ; d Sept 16, 1847. Arietta; m Cushing Bryant, Sept 25, 
1821; d Dec 18, 1861. Julia Ann ; m Augustus F Lash, Mar 
1830. 

Third Generation. — Josiah's chil. Mary P, b Mar 17, 1823 ; 
d Ap 19, 1828. James H, b Dec 27, 1824; m xALiry Merrill ot 
New Bedford, Mass, May 23, 1854 ; r in Boston. Arietta B, b 
June 2, 1829; Mary H, b .June 14, 1831; d Aug 15,1833. 
Josiah, b Feb 17, 1833; m M Louise Rae of Oregon, Alay 1, 
1858 ; r in Port, Oregon. H Lizzie, b Nov 28, 1838 ; ni Edward 
Webb, Jan 20, 1859. 

NELSON. 

Jacob, b in West. Oct 25, 1814 ; m Antoinette Clough Nelson 
of Al. Nov 29, 1837 ; c to N. in 1859 ; d Dec 6, 1877. 

Jacob's chil. 1, Laura Allen, b Julv 9, 1838. 2, Jane Clark, 
b Ap 29, 1840. 3, Enos :\lenill, b Ap 3, 1842. 4, Willie, b 
Feb 6, 1845; d in inf. 5, Edward Harris, b Jan 18, 1848; d 
Mar 31, 1851. 6, Paul Parson, b May 23, 1852. 7, Charlie 
and 8, Hattie, twins, b Mar 5, 1855. Charlie d in inf. Hatlie d 
Mar 1, 1858. 9, Freddie, b Aug m, 1858. 



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GENEALOGY. 



NICKELS. 

Capt. Alexander c from Bos. and settled in middle of the 

town; m Hannah who d Ap 3, 1767, aoj 07 ; built the 

house and kept tavern where Joseph Cargill, Esq., afterwards 
resided ; d Feb 1, 1758, ag 67. 

Capt. Alexander's ehil. Capt. Alexander, Capt. James, Sam- 
uel, Esq., John Hill, Thomas and one daughter, Jane. 

Samuel, Esq., d Nov. 16. 1802, ag 64. Jane, his w, d Sept 17, 
1813, ag71. 

Capt .Tames, c from Bos ; m Ruth Thompson of Bos. IJuth, 
b Sept 13, 1728. 

Capt James' chil. James, Jr, b Julv 1, 1749; m Polly 
Nickels ; r in Bos ; d May 19, au" 57. William Nickels, b July 1 4, 
1751; m Polly Nickels of 13os. John, b Oct 1, 1752; d Aug 
31, 17 — . Ruth, b May 6, 1754; m Henry P'ossett of Bris. 
Hannah, b Aug 22, 1755 ; m Jesse Cooper, Nov 8, 1777 ; d Ap 
30, 1818. .Jane, b Feb 19, 1757 ; m Alexander G Robinson ; r 
in Bris. .John 2d, b July 30, 1758 ; settled where Charles Pink- 
ham afterwards r. Frances, b Ap 4, 1760 ; m Capt Alexander 
Lhtle. Thomas T, b Dec 28, 1762. Killed by the Indians. 
Margaret, b June 21, 1765; m Winslow Ames; r in Lewiston. 
Alexander, b Jan 4, 1767 ; m Mary Hunt. 

Third Generation. — Samuel, Esq. "s chil. 1, Hannah, b Ap 2 
1762. 2, Alexander, b Oct 17, 1763; m Mary Hunt of Pown. 
July 9, 1790; killed blasting stone Oct 14, 1790. 3, William, b 
Jail 12, 1766; m Jane McCobb of Bath, 1796; r in Wis. 4, 
Saiuuel, Jun., b iMar 12, 1769. 5, Robert, b Jan 31, 1775; m 
Laonisa Cushman of Wool. ; d Se])t 29, 1807, ag 31. Charles, 
Esq., b July 12, 1778 ; m Lucy Delano of WooK Dec 10, 1805 ; 
built and r in two-story house opposite Town House ; ship- 
builder and farmer; d Dec 22, 1822. Lucy d P'eb 15, 1841, ag 
58. 7, Tiiomas, b Sept 12, 1780; m Jane Hodge of W^is.; r in 
Wis. and N. Y. 

Fourth Generation. — Robert's chil. Lucy Ann d 1807. 
Jane, m Capt. Barnabas Barker. Samuel m Betsey Williams of 
Edg. 

Charles Esq's chil. 1, Charles Jr, b Feb 13, 1808 ; d Jidy 8, 
1809. 2, Wilmot, b Aug 3, 1809; d Mar 21, 1833. 3, Cai)t 
Charles, b J;m 8, 1811 ; m 1st, Philena W Rundlett of Al Feb 
8, 1S38; Philena d June 16, 1851 ; m 2d Almira Rundlett of 
Al Feb 26, 1852 ; came near losing his lil<; l)y secession fury 
ab 1845 ; was obliged to leave his vessel at N O, and though 
innocent, to flee liome by the way of the Mississippi. A man of 
integrity and sterling worth ; d Dec 2, 1852. 4, Hannah, b July 
1, 1812; m Lewis Kennedy, Jan 17, 1838. 5, Edwin, b June 



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18, 1814; m Angcliiu! Koniu'dy ; drowned at Slit'ei)Scot Falls, a 
beautiful, ])leasant iiioniiugab 11 A M, ye]it28, 1848, buried the 
next Sabbath. Sons of Temperance of which ]:e was a member, 
])rcseut. G, Hartley, b Ap 7, 1817 ; ni Susan Brooks of West. 
May 15, 1853 ; d ,Ian 29. 18G4. 7, Lucy D, b June 21, 1818 ; 
m William Hall, Feb-6, 1840. 8, Marietta A, b Jan 8, 1821 ; 
d Sept 20, 1822. 9, Caroline, b Jan 12, 1823 ; teacher ; d Mar 
20, 1852. 

Capt Charles' chil, 1, Amanda Phileua, b Oct 27, 1839 ; d 
Sept 18, 1852. 2, Charles Granville, b Oct 1, 1840 ; member of 
Co G, Fifth Maine Regiment ; was in the tirst Bull Ilun battle; 
d at W^ashington, 1) C, of diptheria, Nov 17, 1861. 3, Edward 
Payson, b Oct 6, 1845 ; d Feb 20, 1803, which is the tina 
account of this family. 

NORWOOD. 

Joseph, b in Gloucester, Mass, Ap 25, 1790 ; m Clara Norwood, 
June 1, 1812, moved to Bris ab 1820 ; c to N in 1857. 

Joseph's chil. 1, Joseph Jr, b July 30, 1813; d Ap 1, 1848. 
2, Clara, b Jan 28, 1815 ; d Oct 18, 1840. 3, Zaccheus, b Sept 
15, 1817 ; m Helen E Hanlv of Br Sept 16, 1864. 4, Helen, b 
Nov 12, 1834. 

OSGOOD. 

Horace, b June 7, 1797, in Lancaster, Mass. ; c to N. in 1823 
m Elizabeth Erskine, July 8, 1823 ; d Mar 28, 1864. 

Horace's chil. 1, Horace N, b Mar 13, 1825; sea capt. in 
India Trade; m Pauline Austin June 2, 1856. 2, Mary Eliza- 
beth, b Oct 18, 1827. 3, James Erskine, b May 2, 1833; m 
Lucy M Chase Sept 13, 1870. 4, Arietta Homes, b Jan 8, 1835 ; 
m Edward Hodman June 9, 1857; r in N. York. 5, Thomas 
•L, b July 3, 1836 ; d Oct 16, 1849. 7, Anna F, b Mar 13, 1841 ; 

Third Generation. — Horace N's chil. 1, Horace A, b July 
3, 1859 ; d in East Lidies Mar 25, 1861. 2, Pauline, b Sept 10, 
1862. 3, Horace E, b Oct 1, 1867. 

OTIS. 

Amos, b in Scituate, Mass. June 25, 1765; c to N. and m 
Thankful Taylor; d Ap 10, 1809. Thankful, b Ap 17, 1771 ; d 
Sept 28, 1863. 

Amos' chil. 1, Isaac, b May 8, 1791 ; d young. 2, Mary, b 
Mar 31, 1793; m Thomas Weeks of Jeff. 3, 'VVilliam, b Dec 
12, 1794 ; ni Sarah Perkins Dec 26, 1822. 4, Amos Jr., b Sept. 
14, 1798; belonged to the navy; d in Chelsea Hospital, Mass, 



410 GENEALOGY. 

5, Ruth, b Dec 2, 1796 ; d Sept 6, 1827. 6, Hannah, b Auj^ 18, 
180J; d Dec 10, 1825. 7, Fauny, b Ap 25, 1803; m Philip C 
Beckler Dec, 1822. 8, Susan, b Mar 8, 1805 ; m Percy Hitch- 
cock of Dam. Oct 1842. 9, Job, b Ap 20, 1807; d Oct 20, 
1825. 10. Cynthia, b Feb 10, 1809 ; m Edmund Perkins Jnn., 
Feb 13, 1836. 

Third Generation. — William's chil. 1, Charlotte P, b Ap 1, 
1824 ; m Robert B Perkins, Ap 23, 1846. 2, Sewall Jr., b Aug 
13, 1827; d Oct 2, 1854. Samuel A, b June 7, 1829 ; r in Bos. 
Mary W, b Mar 27, 1831 ; m Aurelius Dnnlap of Bos. Sept 20, 
1858; d Jan 16, 1862. William E, b Ap 19, 1833. Charles P, 
b Ap 5, 1836; d July 8, 1842. John A, b Ap 19, 1832; 
member of Co. H, 21 Reg. Me. Vols ; d at Baton Rouge May 24, 
1863. Joseph P>ankUn,^b Aug 19, 1841. Sarah F,"b Nov 5, 
1844. 

Etta Florence, dan of Aurelius and Mary W Dunlap, b July 
3, 1861. 

William E, m Nellie Sherman of Edg. Their sou, William 
E, d July 9, 1863, ag 6 yrs and 3 months, 

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Reuben, b in Bridgewater, Mass, Feb 22, 1776; m .Jerusha 
Holbrook, Mar 1796 ; c to N ab 1832 ; d Oct 23, 1847. Jerusha, 
d Dec 5, 1832. 

Reuben's chil. Betsey, b Oct 15, 1796; d Dec 15, 1855. 
David, Lieut in the militia, b May 10, 1798; d Jan 1844. I 

Sarah, b Nov 5, 1799. Jerusha, b Ap 10, 1801 ; m Henry M " 

Pease; r in Appleton ; d 1854. Nancy, b Jan 13, 18U3 ; m 
Alexander Jamison ; r in Appleton. Abner, Sea Capt, b Mav 
26, 1804; m Elizabeth Flint of Nob ; r in Dam; d at N 
Orleans, June 31, 1854. Joanna, b Mar 14, 1807; m Walter 
Butler of Thomaston ; d June, 1852. Cyrus, b Mar 18, 1809 ; m 
1st Nancy Winslow, Aug 14, 1838. 2d, Hannah S Chase, Oct 
'7, 1852 ; Sea Capt ; d July 1, 1854, in New Orleans. Lvdia M, 
b July 17, 1811 ; m Josiah Page; d P'eb 21, 1865. John, b 
Dec 11, 1814 ; Grad at Bow Col ; d Sept 1, 1847. Nehemiah, 
b July 4, 1818 ; r in Cal. 

Third Generation. — Capt Cyrus' chil. Mary H, b Aug 16, 
1842. John H, b May 13, 1845 ; d Aug 23, 1845. Jeunette A 
b June 30, 1847. Thomas Hay ward, b Dec 2, 1848. N Lin- 
coln, b Aug 7, 1850. Julia Chase, b May 30, 1854. 

PAGE. 

Robert, b in Edg, 1776 ; m Nancv Dodge of Edg ; c to N in 
1804 ; d Jan 29, 1857. 



GENEALOGY. 411 

Robert's cliil. Jobn, b July 9, 1808; ni Abby L Sheldon; 
Sept 14, 183G. Josiah. ]M:ib:ila ; m John ILiLCgett of Edi^ r, 
in E. Nathan, b May 2G, 1S17 ; m Sarah Jane'Cuok, Ap 22, 
18o0. 

Third Generation. — John's chil. Sarah Anna; m Benj F 
Groton of Nob, Sept 20, 1858. 

Josiah's cliil. Nancy. 

N.-Uhan's chil. James C, b Aug 18, 1851. Charles Dennis, b 
'ct 8, 1858. 



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Lemuel, brother to Abner, c from Somersworth, N II, and 
settled on the spot where Joseph Perkins, his giandson, after- 
wards r. There had been an opening and he succeeded one 
Winslow. 

Lemuel's chil. Lemuel Jr, William, Nathan, Nathaniel, Sea 
Captains. Captains of Privateers in the Revolutionary war. 
Daniel. Edmund, b 1768 ; m Abigail Catlaud ab 1798 ; d Jan 20, 
1843. Seven sons and four daughters. 

Third Generation. — Edmund's clul. Clarissa, b May 27, 
1800 ; m James Cox. Sarah, b Oct 2, 1801 ; m William' Otis, 
Dec 26, 1822. Charlotte, b Sept 12, 1803; d July 7, 1821. 
Harriet, b Ap 11, 1805. Lucindn, b Oct 19, 1806 ; in Thomas 
Perkins. Edmund Jr, b Dec 16, 1808; m Cynthia Otis, Feb 
18, 1836. Joseph, b Mar 28, 1811; m 1st, Lydia Wallace of 
Montville ; 2d, Kebecca P Weeks of Jeff, Jau 27, 1853. Chas, 
b June 26, 1813 ; d Feb 28, 1840. 

Fourth Ge)ieration. — Edmund Jr's chil. Clara Augusta, b 
Aug 10, 1837; d May 25, 1842. Charles Edmund, b Nov 8, 
1842 ; member of Co H, 21st Reg Me Vols. Frederick Wil- 
liam, b Aug 24, 1844. Augustus Gordon, b June 20, 1846. 

Abner, b in Somersworth, N. II. Ap 7, 1736 ; m INIaiy Chick; 
c to N. and settled where Daniel D, now resides ; drowned in 
1803. Mary d Mar 1812. 

Abner's chil. Mary, b Feb 13, 1760 ; m Winthrop Dodge of 
Edg. ; r in E. ; d Jan 1, 1825. Abner Jun., b May 7, 1762; 
m Abigail Sloman of Wool. Ebeuezer, b July 29, 1764; ra 
Mercy Crooker of Edg. Enoch, b Sept 7, 1766 ; m IMollv Bates 
of Br. 1790 ; d Feb 12, 1815. John, b June 1, 1769 ; Capt. of 
Militia; m Lois Dodge; r in Nob.; d Oct, 1818. Daniel, b 
July 13, 1771 ; m Ist^ Sarah Whii)plc; 2d, Fanny Blunt; d Ap 
26, 1838. Sarah, d July 8, 1821. Fanny, d June 24, 1869. 
Eunice, b July 20, 1773; m Lemuel Swett; r in N. and Whit. 
Sarah, b Aug 15,^ 1777 ; in Phillips Hatch of Br. ; r in B_ 



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GENEALOGY. 



Nancy, b Mar 5, 1783 ; lu Dea. Wasliiiigtou Dodge Dec 13 
1802. 

Third Generation. — Abner Jr's chil. Sally. Henry. David. 
Warren. Lydia. Polly. Nancy. William. Lucy ; m Carpenter 
Bearce of Br. Lott. George, b Oct 1812 ; \\\ .Julia Witham of 
Jeff", June 1845. Harriet. 

Ebenezer's chil. Polly, b Dec 11, 1789 ; ni Moses Davis of 
Edg. Ebenezer, b Dec 2, 1791 ; in Burnhani of Edg. Eunice, b 
Feb 22, 1793; m Ca})t .lohn Tilton of Bris. Jerusha, b Feb 
12, 1795. Lucy, b Feb 9, 1797; m Daniel Ha<,^gett of Edg. 
Abiel, b Mar 4, 1799. Mercy, b Sept '2ii ; 180J ; m Amos 
Haggett. 

Enoch's chil. Daniel 2d, b Sept 21, 1791 ; ra 1st, Susan Rob- 
inson, Dec 23, 1817; Susan d Sept 3, 1853; in 2d \v, Jane 
Robinson, Mar 28, 1855. Sally, b Jan 19, 1793; d in Charles- 
lowu, Mass. John, b May, 1794; ni 1st Mary Hatch of Nob. 
2d, Mary Clark of Jeff. 3d, Rebecca Murray; d Aug 1853; 
Nancy, b Sept 1795; d young. Enoch, b Jan 1797; m Jane. 
Hussey, Jan, 1811 ; r in Nob and Aroostook County. William, 
b May, 1798 ; d in inf. Charles, b Sept 1799 ; accidentally 
killed ag 14. James, b in 1801 ; m Hannah Hasey of Bris ; r 
at Peniaquid. Sullivan, b May, 1802; m Harriet Pratt of 
Windsor; r in W. Margaret, b Sept, 1803 ; m Francis S Tib- 
betts. Mary Ann, b 1805 ; m William R Lovejoy of Bos; r in 
E Bos. Lucinda, b May 1806 ; m Washington Bean of Wash- 
ington ; r in W and Charlestown, Mass. Jeremiah, b 1807; d 
ag21. 

Daniel's chil. Fanny, b Aug 30, 1796 ; m John Hodgkins ; r 
in Jeff. Dea. Asa, b Mar 25, 1798; m Marv Church of Br; 
r in Thorn. ; d Feb 12, 1875. Mary d 1864. 'Mary, b Feb 15, 
1800 ; m Joseph Ross of .Jeff. ; r in J ; d Ap 24, 1872. Eliza, 
b May 17, 1802 ; m David Hall of Nob. ; d Nov 5, 1875. Fran- 
cis, b Nov 26, 1805 ; lost at sea in a hurricane, Nov 7, 1826. 
Thomas, b Nov 26, 1805; m Lucinda Perkins Dec 12, 1833; 
Lucinda d 1866. Gardiner, b Oct 10, 1807 ; ni Caroline L 
Thompson of Bris. Oct 13, 1831 ; d Aug 4, 1877. Caroline d 
June 19, 1868. Jane B, b July 30, 1809; m Thomas Hall of 
Nob. Julia A, b Aug 10, 1811 ; ra Jonathan Bryant of Nob. ; 
r in Bath. Albert, b June 17, 1814; d Nov, 1833. Phebe, b 
Ap 21, 1816 ; d June 24, 1816. By 2d w. Robert B, b Aug 5, 
1823 ra Charlotte Otis. Daniel D, b July 7, 1825 ; ni An- 
toinette C Haggett of Edg. Oct 4, 1846. 

Fourth Generation. — George's chil. Emily Jane, b 1848. 
Mary Elizabeth, b Aug 1851. Georgie, b Dec 1854. James F, 
b June 1856. 



GENEALOGY. 413 

Thomas' cliil. Daniel \V, b Aug 30, 183o. Frank E, b A]> 
30, 1H37; r in Australia. Thomas II, b Jan 1, 1842; member 
of 4th Me Hv<s; three ycai-s ; re-enlisted in the 19th lieg Me Vols ; 
m Lucy A Hodji^es ot Gard. Charles S, b June 13, 1843 ; d 
Feb 17, 1845. Mary II, b Feb 1, 1846. 

(jrardiner's chil. Catliarine F, b Mar 20, 1830. Gardiner W, 
b Mar 8, 1842 ; r in Bos. Harlan R, b Aug 30, 1846. Harlan's 
chil. Roy, b Feb 2, 1877. 

Robert B's chil. Ella Charlotte, b Aug 3, 1847. 

Daniel D's chil. Kaler, b Aug 19, 1847. Brainard, b Feb 
28, 1849. Amos II, b Sept 9, 1850. Effie Annette, b Ap 13, 
1853. Fannv Caroline, b July 3, 1855. Ward, b Dec 30, 
1858. Mercy H, b Feb 13, 1861. Abe, b July 18, 1864. 

Daniel 2d"s chd. Caroline, b Nov 29, 1818; d Dec 6, 1819. 
Robert R, b Oct 7, 1821 ; m Susan P Flagg of Bos ; r in X and 
Port. Jotham Sewall, b Dec 26, 1824 ; m xMary Wright. 

Fifth Generation. — Robert R's chil. P^lbert G, b '^Nlay 9, 
184G. Member of 61st lieg Mass Vols. Caroline R, b Jan, 
1851. 

Jotham S's chil. Clarence, b July 26, 1853 ; d in inf. Mary 
Eudora, b Jan 2, 1856. 

William B, b in Dam. ; c to N. 1852 ; m Hannah H Kennedy 
Oct 6, 1252 ; member 4th Reg, Co. E, Me. Vols.; killed in the 
battle of the Wilderness by a shell. May 25, 1864. 

William's chil. Wintield Scott, b July 16, 1854. Rosabella, 
b Sept 14, 1857. 

P I X K II A M . 

David, b in Booth. Mar 29, 1779; sea capt ; m Sarah Brier 
Nov 23, 1803 ; c to N. Mar 1833 ; d July 4, 1839. Sarah .1 
Dec 2, 1850. 

David's chil. Olive, b Ap 20, 1805; m Capt John Adams of 
Booth Nov 23, 1826. Warren, Sea Capt, b May 22, 1807 ; r in 
Edg; m Hannah Chase of Edg. Lost at sea, Oct 1851. 
George W, Sea Capt, b Jan 3, 1809 ; m Lydia Shepard of Jeff, 
Oct 1837 ; r in Edg ; d May 1 1, 1848. Charles, b June 19, 1811 ; 
m Rosalind Brown, Nov 2, 1840; d May 27, 1876. Edwin, 
Sea Capt, b Sept 2'.t, 1S13; m Susan F Brown, Sept 1, 1839. 
Rosalind d Feb 1880. 

Third Generation. — Charles' chil.- Frank, b June 20, 1842. 
Emily Alice, b May 2A, 1847. Cora Addie, b Nov 29, 1849. 
Charles Edward, b Sept 26, 1852; d Oct 13, 1854. 

i:dwin's chil. Augustus E, b June 23, 1842. Charles V, b 
Dec 22, 1846. Elisha, b in Wal July 24, 1829 ; c to N in 1847 ; 
m Emily K Dodge of Edg, Ap 14, 1846. 



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GENEALOGY. 



Elisha's chll. Mary Elizabeth, b Oct 24, 1857. 
b Aug 12, 1860. 

POTTER. 



Sarah Emily, 



Aaron M, b in Wliit May 4. 1816 ; m Sarah P Gray, Jan 1.5, 
184G ; c to N in 18,50. 

Aaron M's cliil. Georo-iana E, b Sept 8. 1847 ; d Dec 3, 1850. 
A daughter, b Aug 3, 1849 ; d in inf. William II, b Oct 9, 
1851 ; d Sept 10, 1852. Georgia Ada. b July 16, 1854. Clias 
Alvin, b Aug 3, 1856 ; d Aug"4, 1856. Susan Jane, b Jan 30, 
1858. Eudora II, b Mar 5, 1860. Frank Leland, b Feb 9, 
1862. 

PREBLE. 

James, b in Litchfield, Sept 3, 1807 ; m Phebe V Shaltuck of 
West, Oct 7, 1832 ; r in Booth ; c to S in 1840. 

Jarnes' chil. David S, b Nov 12, 1833 ; m Lizzie B Thomas 
of jManchester, June 1, 1862 ; Sarah T, b May 25, 1837. James 
M, b July 31, 1839 ; d Mar 21, 1841. Julia M, adopted daugh- 
ter, b Aug 26, 1846. 

Third Generation. — David S's chil, Thomas D Worrall, b 
Nov 6, 1863 ; d in inf. 

ROBINSON. 

Archibald, c fi-oni I, settled upon the banks of the Dam for a 
few years and then went westward. 

Robert, b in Bridgewater, Mass, Dec 28, 1751, new style; 
c to N in 1767 r.nd settled where E D Robinson afterwards re- 
sided ; m Jane Webb of Wool in 1777 or 8 ; d Mar 2, 1845; 
Jane his w d Aug 3, 1843. 

Robert's chil. Kuth, b Feb 2. 1779: m Robert Robinson of 
JelF; d Aug 16, 1SG4. Archibald, b Oct 2, 1780; d in inf. 
James, Capt of Alilitia,, b Dec 19, 1782 ; m 1st Martha Stetson, 
Dec 26, 1816, who d July 6, 1828 ; m 2d Priscilla Glidden, Feb 
24, 1830, who d Aug 24, 1843 ; m 3d, Mrs Abigail Bovd of Edg, 
Mar 18, 1845. Luther, b Nov 26, 1784 ; d Jan" 2, 1787. 
Ebenezer Delano, Esq, b June 8, 1787; m Martha D Webb, 
Dec 12, 1815 ; d Jan 1, 1867. lie was a man of integrity, up- 
riglitness, talents and sterling worth. Held many town and 
other public otfices, was a warm friend of education, re))resented 
the town in the Legislature, exerted a wide and healthy influence 
and died in a "good old age," after having served God and his 
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Jniie, b Nov 24, 1780 ; ni Daniel Poikins, IMav 28, IS.'.-, : 2<1 
w. Susan, b Jan 19, 1792 ; m Daniel Perkins, Dec 2:3, l'S17 ; 1st 
w d Sept 3, 1853. 

Ebenezer D Esq's chil. Ansel, b Sept 30, 181 G ; m Emeline 
M Lewis of Ky, Dec 3, 1846. Susan, b Ap 12, 1818; d Mar 
20, 1819. Lucy VV, b Mar 9, 1820; in Wm Foster of Bath, 
Dec 3, 1850; r in B. Caroline, b Ap 21. 1822; m Capt p:i- 
bridge G Webber, Sept 11, 1862 ; r in Washinoton. Albert S, 
b Dec 16, 1823; d Mar 10, 1825. Luther, b Dec 15, 1825; m 
Sarah B Stetson of Booth, Feb 14, 1856. Theresa, b Sept 5, 
1828. Frederick A, b May 9, 1830 ; d Oct 8, 1851. Henry C, 
b Dec 21, 1831 ; Grad at Bow Col 1860; Teacher; ni Jeiniie 
A Stewart of Br, Oct 17, 1865; Clernyman ; r in Pliii)sl)U'g. 
Martha Jane, b Oct 2, 1833 ; ni Capt Wni Newhall Jr, of Wash- 
inirton. Oct 4, 1864 ; d at Savannah, Ga, Mar 7, 1867 ; interred 
at^N. Sophia II, b Jan 26, 1838 : d Dec 30, 1858. 

Fifth Generation. — Abner'schil. Martha S, b May 27, 1857. 

James Nickels, Sea Capt, b in Br. Ap 24, 1791 ; in xVlar2;ery 
Hopkins of N. Feb 13, 1817; c to N in 1818; d June 3, 1863. 

James N's chil. Mary C, b Nov 29, 1818 ; m lloval Wright, 
Nov 6, 1845. William H, b Feb 10, 1820 ; d in Baltimore, 
Feb 1, 1841. Jane N, b July 8, 1823; m James Burchsted of 
Bos ; Feb 8, 1846 ; r in Dorchester. James N, b Sept 21, 1825 ; 
m Isabella Jenkins of Australia ; r in A. Daniel II, b Feb 8, 
1828 ; m Angle McNear of Dam, jNIar 4, 1855 ; d July 15, 1859. 

Ihird Generation. — Daniel Us chil. Royal Wright, b Dec 
17, 1855. Daniel Webster, b Nov 10, 1857. 



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Thomas, b in I, Jan 1, 1796; c to N in 1818; mechanic and 
rmer ; m Charlotte Turnbull, May 8, 1820 ; d Sept 8, 1S52. 
Thomas' chil. William T, b Feb 17, 1822; r in Cal. Alex- 
ander, b Oct 8, 1823. Thomas, Jr, b Oct 30, 1826 ; d :Mar 24, 
1827. Robert T, b Sept 14, 1828 : m Laura Knight of IJich- 
mond, 1858; r in R. Thomas, Jr, 2i\, b Dec 17, 1830; d Mar 
31, 1833. Richard W, b Ap 30, 1832; d Sept 24,1832. 
Elizabeth W, b May 8, 1833 ; m John Melrose ot Canada, Sept 
1854; r in Richmond, John T, b June 26, 1834 ; ni Flora Cos- 
tellow of Richmond Dec, 1864. Charlotte T, b Dec 31, 1838. 
James E, b May 26, 1840. 

R U N D L E T . 

William F, b in Pittston, Oct 24, 1834; m Octavia M Nash 
of East Pittston, Nov 6. 1850. Octavia, b Jan 1, 1835 ; c to N 
in 1851. 



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• Russell, Elizabeth, b in Portsmouth, N IT, Dec 15 170 5 

Beniain.n, b June 17, 1822 at Portsmouth ; m in jlos. Ap 17 
1845 Benjan.m F, b in Bos. Jan 17, 1846 Charles Ed vn tI 
b .n Bos, May 25, 1848. Walter Sco'tt, b in ct ta, Au "25' 
18./ ; d at Portsn^outh, Oct 17, 1860, ag 3 yrs 1 mo, 22 day": 

S E I D E R S . 

Daniel, b in Wald ; m Nancy Dunbar An S i«n9 « + xr 

about 1800 ; d Oct ab 1834. ' ^ ' ^-' ' ^° ^' 

Daniels chil 1, Charles A, b Oct 29, 1803 ; m Clarissa Coy • 

2 1 8^6 ' 3 '"i^rrfT- o'' ^^"'-S-^' ^ ^-' ^^' ^804 d Jan 
ia ^t■J' R "^'' ^ -^.""^ ^'^' ^^^"^^ ' "^^^^t Elizabeth Tea^ue, 
2d Matilda Henrietta Cotton of Wolfboro' N H; Sea Catt 

Semt IHm lV\r- ^'l^.h^^'^^i f"«^ «f ^^«b. 5, Emeline, b 
N H Ju V 2 18 ^^Tl^ 71 ^'"'^ ^ ^^^"^" of Wolfboro; 

u, u June 2/, 181/ ; ni Benj F Campbell .; r in Bos. 
SHATTUCK, 

A,?30''1'835'' m'''' ^f^' 'f ^ ' '" ^^^'-^'^ Greenleaf of West, 
Ap 30, 1835. Mercy b Dec 22, 1811 ; c to N May 7, 1835. 

^ept 8, 1837; m Capt Warren Adams, June 29, 1863 3 Da- 
vid A b Sept 24, 1842. 4, Charles E, b Feb 28, IS^ 5 Mai y 
I , b Aug 20, 1846 ; m Capt Amos Jewett. ' ^ 

Ihomas, David's brother, b in West, May 18, 1813- m 

1 7^^]847''' f 's \' ^t"'k' .'r ^'' '^' ^ ^'^- 2' ^^t^^y K, b July 
84r V n ' rf \r^' ^ ^^^' '' ^^*3- 4, Henry R, b July 9, 
i^T 10' '''''''' ^ ^^^^y ^^' 1«^8- 6, James P, b A^ 6 1851 • 
d Mar 12, 1854. 7, Ella b Sent i«v^ q 5 ^ ^P ", looi , 
T-in 10 ^>i^Q a ', f' "^ ^fV^ '^' '^5^- ^ Jennie Judson, b 
Jan 10, 18o9 ; 9, a daughter, b Ap 5, 1861 ; d in inf. 

1 MW.'a';^ Ann Eliza Hatch, Nov 27, 1805. Wilmot's chil. 

8?i T M ' iT ul '"^^- ^' ^'""'S^ ^^'i'"^°t' b Nov 7. 

18/ /. 5, Clara Bell, b Oct 9, 1878 

Ma^^chi/^'^'I;""1l^TV''T^' ^^^ ^^'^^^^' ^' ^^ Maynard, 
Feb 23, I880!' ' "" ^'^' ^^'^- -' ^^'''y ^""^'^SK b 



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Charles, m Julia C Packard, Dec 18, 1S7G. Julia, d Ap 11, 
1880. Chil. Ward Liucolu, h Dec 3, 1870. 

Capt Jewett's sous. 1, Harry Lain, b Julv 11, 18G9. 2, 
Frank, b Aus^ 10, 1871. 

Warreu Adam's cliil. 1, Charles F, b xMay 7, 18G6. 2, Ber- 
tie, b Sept 18, 1872, d Oct 20, 1874. 3, Bell Dod^^e Adams, b 
Sept 18, 1873. 

S H E R M A N . 

Aai'on, Sr, b in Booth, July 10, 1772; m Polly Tarbell, of 
Dedhani, Mass, May 10, 179G. Pollv, b June 29, 1777 ; c to N 
in 1799 ; d Sept 4, 1845. 

Aaron Sr's chil. Eleazer, b May 28, 1797 ; ni Azubah Modije 
of Edg ; r in Patricktown Plantation. Aaron, Jr, b Mar 27, 
1799 ; m Maria Patterson, Nov, 1820 ; r on tlie homestead. 

Third Geiieration. — Aaron Jr's chil. Albion A, b No\^ 
5, 1821 ; m Phebe P"'rench of Sullivan ; r in S. Josiah P, 
b July 2.5, 1823; Teat^her at Pottsville, Penn ; m ^lelvina Fos- 
ter of Litclifield. xMaria P, b Nov 11, 182G ; m Daniel l)c)d<;e ; 
r in Booth. Mary A, b July 12, 1826 ; d Ap 27, 1.S42. Adeline 
S, b Sept 11, 1833; m William Ilutcliinson ot Bos, Dec 17, 
1851. Sophrouia P, b Mar 5, 1831 ; in David MorjraPi of Bos, 
Nov 23, 1851; r in Middle Granville, N Y. Charlotte b. Sept 
11,1833; r in Bos. Lorenda E, b Dec 11, 1834; r in Bos. 
Edward F, b Oct 10, 1836. Alden E, b May 2, 1839 ; niem- 
biir of 21st Reg Maine Vols. 

Samuel K, b in Edg Sept 8, 1808 ; c to N when about one 
year old, and lived with his Grandtather, Samuel Kennedy, Esq ; 
\\\ Elizabeth Poole of Edgcomb, June 3, 1839. Member of 16th 
Reg, Co K, A[e Vols ; now of the Ambulance Corps. Elizabeth 
Poole, b Sept 19, 1817. 

Samuel K's chil. Sarah E, b Oct 16, 1840 ; ni George Poole 
of -Gloucester, Mass, Oct, 1858; r in G. Martha . I, b Oct 24, 
1841 ; m Joseph C Paine of Charlestown, Mass, May 16, 1863. 
Eunice H, twin sister ot Martha .J, ni Joseph Cunningham, Dec 
25, 1869. Nancy O, b Ap 1, 1844. Amasa P, b Oct 19, 1847 ; 
Member of 20th ll^i-^y,, Maine Vols. David L, b Nov 30, 1849. 
John Augustus, b Jan 14, 1850. Atwood E, b June 4, 1852. 
Samuel O, b Jan 5, 1864. Virginia Isadoi'c, b Dec 12, 1856 
Lovinia W, b Feb 28, 1859. 

Sherman, Silas D, b Nov 21, 1832; m Julia E Somes, Nov 
18, 1853. Julia E, b June 30, 1835. Baptized Nov 5, 1865. 

Silas D's chil. 1, Artis T, b Dec 4, 1854. 2, Willie O, b 
Jan 21, 1857. 3, Elizabeth M, b Ap 26, 1860 ; d May '18, 1860. 
4, Emily S, b Sept 13, 1861 ; d Ap 9, 1865. 



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GENEALOGY. 



SHELDON. 

C'apt E[)hraim c from New Jersey to Gloucester, Mass ; m 
Abiijail Pool of G, dan of Dea Isaac Pool. 

Their chil ; 2 sons, 5 dans. William the eldest, m Sarah 
Webb of N Yarmouth, dan of Dea Nathaniel Webb. William's 
chil. Luther, d in inf .lane, d in 18:^0 a;^ 30. Bartlett, b 
1800; m Lucy Wade of Wis ah 1821 ; d July 1853 ; Nancy, m 
Benj Dodge and r in Edg ; Nathan W, m 1st, Susan Thomas of 
Augusta ; 2d, Ann Douglass of Port ; settled as minister in 
Brownville ; since preached in various places ; now r in Gray. 
Abbie L, m John Page in 1836. 

Fourth Generation. — Bartlett's chil. One d inf Caroline, d 
1852, ag 19. William, C'apt of Gunboat. Chares, r in Aus- 
tralia. Edward, r in England. Joseph, in U S army. Brad- 
ford, in IT. S. army. Oscar, Capt of ship in E India trade. 
Henry, mate of an English ship. Lucy, m Daniel Crane, r in 
Bos. Parker, mate of ship. 

Abbie L, had one child, Sarah Anna. She m Ben] V Grotoii, 
Sept 20, 1858. Nathan W's chil. One d in inf Mary Good- 
ale, m Royal Trask in 1830 ; r in Gray. Sarah Jane Abbie m 
John Arnold, in 1830 ; r in Bath. Walter, d in N York in 1864, 
an 30. 



B 



SHOKTWELL. 

Capt James, c from Wis ; m Widow Thomas Campbell, Jan 
1, 1832. 

Capt James' chil. Richard E, b May 18, 1835 ; m Sarah E 
Shedd of Bos, Jan 27, 1864. Downey A, b Feb 18, 1837; d 
Sept, 1860. Ellen A, b Nov 25, 1839 ; m Thomas A Allen of 
Wis; r in W. Helen F, b Nov 5, 1841; m Capt Bradford 
Merry. James A, b June 4, 1844; member of 19th Reg Co 
G, Me Vols. Wounded in a charge near Spotsylvania C H, Va, 
May 13, 1864. Stephen Weeks', b Mar 31, 1845. Algernon 
Austin, b Dec 9, 1847. Amanda B, b June 8, 1849. 



SIMPSON. 

Robert 2d's chil. David and .Allies C, twins, b Nov 7, 1813. 
David m Mary Ann Myers of Dresden, Oct 28, 1S41. Miles C, 
d inf Rutus, b Nov 20, 1815 ; d in inf. Josiah M, b Nov 20, 
1816. Rebecca C, b Dec 7, 1818; m 1st. Cyrus Chapman of 
Nob. 2d, Willard Averill. Franklin, b Sept 27, 1820; d in 
inf. Mary Ann, b Oct 6, 1821 ; m Emory Boynton of Jeff. 
Eliza Jane, b Sept 26, 1823 ; m George Whitney of Royalston, 



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419 



Mass An 20, 1842. Miranda M, b Jan 7, 1826; m Arnold C 
Whitcor.Ib ; r in Jeff and Bos. Arlitta B, b Sept 18, 1S28 ; m 
l«t James Cbirk ; 2d, James J Golden of Lewiston ; r in L. 
Robert Sewall, b 8ept 24, 1H30; m Joanna Iloudlette ot Vves- 
den, Sept 17, 1857 ; r in Kichniond. Ar,n,.t 

Davids chil. Miles C, b Nov 2.5, 1842. Caroline M, b Oct 
14, 1844. Charles, b Nov 19, 1847. 



SOMES. 



David, c from Cape Ann. His father was killed when he was 
a small bov in an action at Cape Breton ; c to N when a young 
man ; r at Sheepscot 7 or 8 years ; m Jenny Hopkins ; tour c U 
were born at Sheepscot, and four after he moved t<. the South- 
west part of the town. He bought 200 acres^ol Peter 1 attei^ 
SOB, and took up one hundred acres of wild and. He never was 
disturbed in his possession. He built a Gnst Mdl on the small 
stream to the North of his house over which the road passes. 

David's chil. William, b May 5, 1770; m Martha Cothran, 
Nov 179^. David, b Feb 1772; m Nabby Tnisk. Nancy, m 
1st, William Dodge; 2d, ^zekiel Stearns. Polly, m John 
Co hran. Jenny, m Moses Wilson. Sally, m Robert Andei.on. 
Betsey, m Daniel Dodge. Patty. Joel, m Jenny K^""edy ; 
drowned shortly after marriage. Solomon, m Hannah David- 
son. Peapv, m James Davidson. o i -oo • 

ThlrcrGeneratlon.-\Y-Mv~in^^ chil. Mary, b June 9. 1 .99 
d AucT 1801. Sarah, b June 1, 1800 ; m John Babcock in 1818. 
William, b May 21, 1802; d Dec 1861. Hartley, b Aug 4, 
1808; inAlvira Powers of Jeff; d Aug 28, 1835. Emel.ne, b 
Jan 11, 1811; m John Blake ; r in West P.oxbury, Mass ; 
James, b Ap 26, 1813 ; m Caroline Soule; r in E Bos Seth b 
July 4, 1819; d Mar 22, 1849. Daniel, b Dec 10, 1820. Han- 
nah, b Mar 29, 1812 : d Oct 10, 1817 

Fourth Generatio7i.-lUviWs chil Charles, b >i«y 14, 
1832; m Elizabeth Curtis of Farmingdale ; r in Card, tien- 
rietta, b 1834 ; d young. 



SPEED 



James, was an early settler on the Dam nver; house stood a 
little to ihe North of Alden Whites house; had two wues and 
soveral children by first w ; last w survived him several yrs ; 
several of the family lie interred in the field on the opposi e side 
of the road which Mr Speed owned, and down towards the 
At the present time there are none of the name in town. 



river 



420 



GENEALOGY. 



STEWART. 

Clmrlcs, b in riiiladelpliia in 1782; c to N ab 1806 ; in Pliil- 
lis (iibsou, Ap 17, 1812; d May 7, 1840; had one child that d 
young. 

STEARNS. 

Ezekiel, b May 2o, 1774; m Nancy Somes of Edw, June 23, 
1795; d Ap 22, 1848. Nancy, b June 25, 1774 i" d July 28, 
1866. 

Ezekiel's chil. 1, William, b Mar 28, 1799; d Sept 3, 1818. 
2, Ezekiel, Jv, b Dec 29, 1800; m Jane Ulmer of Thorn, July 

4, 1826. Jane d Mar 10, 1832. 3, Jane, b P'eb 27, 1803 ; m 
John Downey, June 26, 1823; d Sept 30, 1843. 4, Moses, b 
July 19, 180o; m Julita Barny of Taunton. Mass, May 5, 1833. 

5, Lucinda, b May 16, 1807 ; m 1st Stephen AVinehester of Bos, 
Nov 25, 1835 ; m 2d, Rev Dexter Potter of Bos, Nov 3, 1863. 
Stephen, d Oct 22, 1855. 6, Adeline, b Mar S, 1809 ; m Eran- 
cis Dodge, Nov 26, 1835. 7, Stinson, b June 25, 1811. 8, 
Matilda, b Sept 27, 1813; d Oct 17, 1818. 9, George W, b 
Nov 16, 1818 ; m Mahala Bullock of Taunton, Oct 6, 1839. 

STETSON. 

Capt Joseph, b in Br, Feb 15, 1808 ; c to N in 1829 ; m Mar- 
garet Stevens of Brem, Sept 6, 1831. 

Capt Joseph's chil. John G, b Feb 28, 1833. Grad at Bow 
Col 1854; Law^yer ; residence and office in Bos; m Delia H 
Libby of Port, Jan 26, 1865. 



TAYLOR. 

John, Sr, c Irom Plymouth Colony, probably Scituate, as 
early as 1635 ; took up lands at Dam, lower falls, next North of 
Walter Phillips ; r here till 1678 when he was driven oif by 

savage feroaity and his house was burned ; m Sai'ah ; 

took the Freeman's oath in Bos, 1830; d in ]\Iass. 

John, Sr's chil. One son, Isaac, who, after he was driven 
from Dam, became, one informant says, a merchant in Bos and 
another says in Pembroke, and several daughters. One mar- 
ried a Simmons ; another, a Woodbridge, part of whose descend- 
ants now r in N ; and a third lived single till upwards of 90 yrs 
of age. A fourth m Thomas Gent of Sheepscot. 

Third Generation. — Isaac's chil. Had several sons, Jacob, 
Joseph, Beniamiu and Alizeus, and one dau, Asenath, who ra 
George Barstow of Hanover, Mass, Jan 10, 1750 and moved to 



GENEALOGY, 



421 



N in 17(55. Joseph, b Nov 20, 1787; m Thankful Clarke of 
Providence, III; r first in ISc-ituate ; d Jau 5, 1818. Tliankfiil, 
h July 22, 1738 ; d Mar 1820. Joseph c to N in 1767 and .<()on 
•built the house, on what is now "Academy Ilill," known after- 
wards as the "Glidden house" which was burnt about the year 
i860. Partino- witli this to Joseph (^liddcn, Sr, he moved l)ack 
and built him a house a little to tlie South of wliej-e Capt John 
Taylor, his urandson, alterwards lived. 

Joseph and Thaidvful r with their son John in Jeff during the 
laat years of their life. Their remains now lie interred in the 
cemetery on Trask's Hill near the IJaptist Church in Jeft". 

lAnirth (xeneratlon. — Jose[)h'schil. 1, Capt. Ephriim, b Aug 

22, 1758 ; entered Revolutionary Army at the aj^e of 16 ; served 
as a soldier three years ; was privateering and in public service 
till taken prisoner where he was held 15 months ; was in Ibinker 
Hill battle ; was at West Point at the execution of Major Andre ; 
was in a Mass. Keg. commanded by Col. Francis of Beverly and 
near that officer when kdled : and was in France at the close of 
the war. Also served with the troops assigned to (iren. Lafay- 
ette. He was a man of indomitable courage and perseverance, 
and his devotion to the cause of his country was unsurpassed, 
and ceased only when the last battle of life had been fought; lu 
Deborah Otis of Scituate, Mass., ab 1797 ; d Aug 24, 1847. 2, 
Ruth, b Feb 3, 1764; m Thomas Weeks of Jefl". ; d Feb 3, 
1857; Thomas d Jat 11, 1816. 3, Isa ic, d ii inf 4, Asenath, 
b July 12, 1766; m Dea. William Hopkins Jan 4, 1787; d Oct 
1848.* 5, John 2d, b Feb 10, 1 769 ; m Susannah Peasly of Jefl'. Jan 

23, 1800; d Sept 29, 1830; r in Jeff. ; buried by side of parents. 
6, Thankful, b Ap 17, 1771 ; m 1st, Amos Otis of Scituate, Feb 
3, 1791 ; m 2d, Capt. Samuel Little 1819; d Sept 28, 1863. 7, 
Hannah, 1) June 1, 1773 ; m Dea. John Kennedy, of JeiF. 1797 ; 
d Ap 4, 1823. 8, Martha, b June 25, 1776; m Dea. Daniel 
Weeks of Jeff.; d Nov 10, 1858. Daniel d Oct 7, 1854. 9, 
Jerusha, b Nov 11, 1779; m George Acorn of Wis. Ap 10, 
1805 ; d Aug 21, 1862. 10, George,^b May 9, 1780 ; d in Ko.\- 
bury I860. 

Fifth Generation. — Capt Ephiaim's chil. 1, Ephraim, Jr, b 
Jan 8, 1 798, d at sea on a voyage from the W I to N Y, Jan 25, 
1825. 2, Betsey, b Feb 14, 1799 ; d Mar 8, 1825. 3, Capt John, 
b Oct 30, 1800; m Sally Hiissey, Ap 1827; Sally, d May 7, 
1875. 4, Ignatius Otis, b July 5, 1802. Sea Capt; lost at" sea 
in a gale, Dec 10, 1831. 5, Sally, b Jan 30, 1804; m C'A\^\, 
John Cox of Dam; d Dec 22, 1843. 6, Eunice, b Auo- 30, 
1806; m Capt Alexander Farnliam of Booth; r iu N. 7, 
Asenath H, b Ap 14, 1808; in Ca]>t Francis Davis. 8, Mary O, 
b Aug 7, 1811 ; HI Col Joseph Glidden. 



422 



GENEALOGY. 



Chil of Ruth aud Thomas Weeks. 1, Ephraim, b Nov 30, 
178G ; 111 Abigail Peaslee of Jeff; d Jan 1867. 2, David, b Dec 
31, 1788 ; d Aujr 31, 1838. 3, Thomas, b Ap o, 171)1 ; m JMary 
Otis; d Mar 1881. 4, lloii Joseph, Jr, b jNlar 7, 171)3; ra 
Jane Jackson of Jeff, Dec 8, 1811); Jane d Nov 22, 1860. 5, 
Benjamin, b Jan 27, 17U5 ; ni Jane Weeks of Jeff. 6, 'Hiank- 
ful,'b!Sept 8, 171)7; m Joseph Weeks 4th of Jeff; d Oct 20, 

1834. 7, John T, b May 29, 1791); m AureHa Allen of Jeff, 
Feb 10, 1836. 8, Abioail, b Ap 1^6, 1801 ; ni Le<.nard Cooper 
of VN'hit, Nov 1823. Leonard, d in Montville. 9, George, b 
Oct 15, 1803; m Caroline IJaskell of Jeff, Feb 9, 1837. 10, 
A\'ashin<j;tou, b Nov 10, 1805 ; m Louisa Allen of Jeff, Oct 1, 
1833. 

Chil of Asenath and Dea. Wm, Hopkins. 1, James, b Dec 
13, 1787; d 1809. 2, William, b Nov 2o, 1789; m 1st, Char- 
lotte Little Julv 8, 1820 ; in ^d, lietsej E Cunninoham Ant; lO, 

1835. 3, Martlia. b May 10, 1792. 4, Asenath, b May 2, 1^794 ; 
m Joseph Weeks 4th of Jeff. 5, Margery, b Mar 28, 1796; lu 
James JS' Robinson of N. 6, John, b M:ir 8. 1798; m Asenath 
Weeks of Jeff. Sept 1827; d in Cal. 7, Daniel, b Mar 23, 
1801 ; ni Abigail F Weeks of Jeff. Nov 11, 1830. 8, Farley, b 
Sept 1804; m Georgiamia 'I Lennox. 9, Sewall, b 1807; d in 
inf 10, Jerusha, b Jan 1810; m Isaac Feaslee of Whit. 11, 
James 2d, b Aug 22, 1813 ; d young. 

John 2d's ehil. 1, John. Jun. b teb 9, 1807. 2, Kebecca P 
b Nov 13, 1812 ; m Col. Hiram W Partridge. Oct 23, 1836. 3, 
George B, b Nov 27, 1814 ; d Jan l2, 1837. 4, Ephraim 2d, b 
June^21, 1817; m 1st, Zilpaii Clark Oct 22, 1844; m 2d, Cor- 
delia Clark, May 29, 1860, sisters; m 3d, Mrs. jNlary Elizabeth 
Herbert of Bristol, Ibiinerly of N. 5, Joseph J, b Aug 3, 1819 ; 
111 Emeline i ond of Jeff. Jan 7, 1842 ; c to»'N 1854. Deputy Col- 
lector of Customs for port of Dam. ironi 1861 to 1866; d Jan 
23, 1873. 6, Abigail P , b Aug 16, 1821 ; m Capt. Jatnes Farn- 
ham of Booth. Aug 7, 1845 ; d June 28, 1858 in Cuba. 

Chil of Thankiul and Amos Otis. 1, Isaac, d in inf. 2, Mary, 
b 1792; m i homas Weeks of Jeff. 3, William, b 1794; m 
Sarah Perkins, Dec 1822 ; r in N. 4, Ruth W. 5, Amos, d at 
sea. 6, Hannah, b 1800. 7, Fanny, b 1802 ; in Philip Beckler. 
8, Susan, b JVIar 1805 ; m Percy Hiscoek of Dam ; d 1842. Per- 
cy d i.b 1865. 9, Job, b Ap 1807; d at sea. 10, Cynthia, b 
Feb 10, 1809 ; m Edmund Perkins, Feb 18, 1836. 

Hannah and Dea. John Kennedy's chil. 1, Dr. Daniel K, b 
July 11, 1798; ni 1827 Elizabeth A Peed of Booth. 2, 
Elizabeth, b May 15, 1802. 3, William J, b Oct 19, 1804; m 
Eliza Hall of N.*Nov 18, 1831. 4, John Jun, b Ap 8, 1807 d 
Mar 10, 1808. 5, Serena, b Sept 3, 1809 ; m Leonard McCobb 



I 



GENEALOGY. 423 

of Booth. Feb 19, 1837. 6, Otis A, b Dec 23, 1811 ; m Mav- 
garett McCobb of Bootb. 183o. 7, Sewall, b Dec 20, 1813 ; d 
Jan 7, 1814. 

JMartb.'i and Daniel Weeks' cbil. 1, lion Thaddeus, b Feb 10, 
17!)9 ; m 1st Mary Turner, Feb 2. 1830; m 2(1, Esther Huston 
of Br, Nov 21, 1833. Thaddeus' chil. Kstber Huston. Mary 
Turner, d in inf. P^'ank. Amanda. Laura. Charles. Fred. 
2, Daniel T, b Dec 20, ISOO; m Betsey Barstow, June G, ]82(). 
Daiiiel Ts chil. Ale\ B, ni Myra W' Acorn, 1866. Daniel A 
P, d l8o.i. Helen E, m Capt John G Barstow. (Teori^e H, ni 
Ella A Barstow. 3, Freeman, b Jan 4, 1803 ; m Mary J Wal 
lace of :Montville, Dec 4, 1845; d May, 1S47. 4, Asenath, b 
Feb 3, 1805 ; m Capt John Hopkins, Se])t 1827 ; d Aajr 13, 1831. 
John d in Cal. 5, Horace, b June 20, 1807; m 1st Louisa 
Turner, Nov 1835 ; 2d. Caroline Woodbury of New York 1840 ; 
<1 Dec 13, 1852. Horace's chil, Julia; m Edwin Cooper of 
Montville. Khoda A. 6, Ruth, b Jan 1, 1811; m Dr E A 
Brainard, May 1831 ; d Ap 10, 1842. 7, Myrick L, b Feb 7, 
1813; in Harriet Wallace of Montville, Feb 5, 1846. Myrick 
L's chil. Luana, d in inf. Charles Preeman. Chester ]\L 
Annabel, d in int. Cora. Hattie. C/arrie M. 8, Barzena E, 
b Oct 28, 1814 ; m Alden Jackson of JetF, Oct, 1836 ; d Au^- 3, 
1837. 9, Martha J, b Dec 25, 1821 ; m William M Rust of 
Washington, Oct 1845 ; has 3 chil. One of them lost at sea* 

Jerusha and Georsje Acorn's chil. 1, Dr. John T, b Oct 2, 
1806; attended Medical Lectures at Bow. Coll.; m (^lara C 
l^uidlet of Al. ; r in N. 2, William H, b Dec 23, 1808 ; m 
Elizabeth Erskine of Wis. ; d in Cal. in 1852. Had 3 chil ; one ni 
Alex B Weeks ot Dam. 3, Arlitta M, b Oct 7, IslO : ni James 
W Davis of Bos. ; bad six chil. 4, Mary W ; r in Koxbury. 

5, Elizabeth, m John (Gilbert of Koxbury; d 1858; had two 
chil. 6, Nancy, m Alvin Flanders of Washin<;ton Teiritory ; d. 
7, Almira W, m Ezra M. KiuLTsley of N. Y. City ; had 3 chil. 

2 living. 8, Susan B, m Jeremiah A Dennett of Boxburv ; have 

3 chil. 

Sixth Generation. — Capt John's chil. 1, E|)hriam H, b Sejit 
7, 1828; m Hannah Jane Iliiijo^ins. 2, A(ieline, b June 17, 
1831; m Alfred Elliot, Sept, 1852. 3, Nancy Jane, b May 8, 
1833 ; m Edwin E Drake of Tort. 4, Sarah Frances, b May 7, 
1835; m Charles lli.uley of Bos. 5, John Otis, b Dec 5, 1837. 

Sally G, and John Cox's chil. 1, Otis. 2, William Wallace. 

Eunice and Alexander Farnham's chil. 1, Mary. 2, Alexan- 
der, Jr ; jn Hattie Webb. 3, Elizabeth. 4, James. 5, Sarah. 

6, Eunice. 7, Laura. 8, Ephraim. 9, Frederick. 

Mary and Joseph (41idden's chil. 1, Catharine, m William 



424 



GENEALOGY. 



Porter, Georfyetown, S C. 2, Priscilla, in Walter Porter of 
Geor<ijetown, S C 3, James P. 

Chil of Ephraiin and Abigail Weeks. l,Se\vall, d in inf. 2^ 
Edward, in Jiutli Cliisain ot Al. 3, Snsaii T, in Stinson Weeks- 
of Jeff. 4, Jeruslia. o, Sewali, in Arietta B Hall of Jeff; d 
May 14, 1867. G, Pebeeca, in Joseph Perkins of N. 7, 
Abigail, tn Carlton Hoyt of Auuusta. H, Ephraiin, m Clara A 
Smith of Bos. 9, Thonras, m Ellen Clary of Jeff. 

Thomas Jr's and Mary Week's chil. 1, Sainnel l\ 2, M.-lry 

O. 3, liuth T, n\ ■ 81uirtleff. 4, Thomas. 5, Otis T, ui 

Ellen Weeks ot Jeff 

Joseph Jr, and Jane Weeks' chil. 1, M:ir<j;aret J, m Dr l^riggs 
T Carter of Jeff. 2, Leaiider, m Mary Jane lloss of Jeff. 3, 
Pachel M, m Wm J Bond of Jeff. 4, Angella. 5, Ruth A, in 
Edward G Meserve of Jeff. 

Benjamin and Jane \Veeks' chil. 1, Al)iel, d yoniig. 2, Wil- 
liam, in Lucy Sliepard of Jeff. 3, Elbridge S, m Mary J Pills- 
bury of Jeff. 4, Hannah J, m Jose}))! Chauey of Whit. 5, 
Wintlirop, m Abby Sproul of Jeff. (>, Ruth Ann, ni John Dun- 
ton of Jeff. 7; Thomas T, in Eineline NV^allace of .Montville. 
^, Uenjamin C. 9, Abiel N. 

Tliankfnl and Joseph Weeks 4th's chil. 1, Ruth, m 1st John 
Boynton of Al ; m 2<], Jo.seph Hilton of Al. 2, John Farley, 

m ■ Williams of Australia. 3, Rachel, m Robert L Kiiicaid 

of Whit. 4, Enoch, m Ruth Ann Flag;^ of Nob. 5, Adeline. 
6, Georjre W, m Cuyler of Al. 7, Thankful. 

John T, and Aurelia Weeks' chil. 1, Sarah E, in Benj Ladtl 
of Jeff. 2, Emma A. 3, Isa A. 

Abigail and Leonard Cooper's chil. 1, Thomas, m Ursula 
Stevens of Montville. 2, Hannah, m Daniel Stevens of ^lont- 

ville. 3, Leonard, m — Keating ot Searsmont. 4. Edward, 

m Julia Weeks of Whit, o, Marcellus, m Olive Haford of Bel- 
fast. 6, Freeman, m Sarah Gunn. 7, Lanra in William Cooper 
of Montville. 8, Alexander. 

George and Caroline Weeks' chil. 1, Roswell. 2, (Jeorge 
E. 3, Susan F. 4, Leslie, o, Theodore. 6, Minerva. 7, 
Lida. 

Washington and Louisa Weeks' chil. 1, Anna L. 2. Clara 
A. 3, Elizabeth C, m John F Hilton of Dam, Jan 1, 1802. 
4, Sarah A. o, Dana B. 

William and Charlotte Hopkins' chil. 1, Caroline L, in Wil- 
liam Weeks of Maiden, Mass, 2, John, m 1st Lizzie Clark of 
N ; in 2i\, Sarah Hatch ot Jeff. William and Betsey's chil. 

3, Sarah Jane, in Henry A Newhall of Maklcu, Mass ; d 18()7. 

4, Ann Elizabeth d in inf 5, W^m Farley. G, Willard C ; d in 
the Army ni 18G3. 7, Mary Frances. 



GENEALOGY. 425 

Mnrs^ery and James N Robinson's cliil. 1, ]Maiy C, m Royal 
Wright, 1845. 2, William II, b Feb 10, 1821 ; d Feb 1, 1S41. 
3, Jane N, ra James Burchstead of IJos, Feb 8, 1846. 4, James 
N, Jr, m Isabella Jenkins of Glat^gow, Seolland. 5, Daniel II, 
b Feb 8, 1827; m Angie McNear'of Dam ; d July 15, 1859. 

Asenatli and Joseph Weeks 4th, chil. 1, Ascnath. 

Daniel and Abigail P Hopkins' chil. 1, ^Martha Ann. 2, 
James II, ra Jane llutchings of Dam. 3, Ophelia, m Daniel S 
McLean. 4, Fraidvlm ra Arvilla Noyes. 5, George A. 6, 
Plannah E. 7, Mary R. 8, Daniel. 

Farley and Georgianna Hopkins' chil. 1 , Georgie F. 2, 
Henry Clay. 3, Thomas L. 4, Mary E. 

Jerusha and Isaac Peaslee's chil. I, William. 2, Asenath 
m John Caldwell of Bos. 

Rebecca P and Col. Hiram Partridge's chil. 1, Franklin m 
Almeda Hall, of Jeff. 2, Edward, d in inf. 

Ephi-aim 2d's chil. 1, Henry C, b June 20, 1847 ; d Sept 10, 
1850. 2, Delia M, b May 8, 1861. 

Joseph J's chil. 1, William Bond, b ]May 5, 1843 in Jeff. ; 
member of 21st Reg. Me. Vols. 1862; Co. G; discharged on 
account of disability after 5 months' service. 2, Clara, b in Jeff. 
Jan 6, 1845. 3, Emma, b in Jeff. Mar 21, 1850. 4, Charles 
Sumner, b Mar 3, 1855 in N. 

William and Sarah Otis' chil. 1, Charlotte, ra R R Perkins. 
2, Sewall, Jr. 3, Samuel A. 4, Mary W, m Aurelius Dun- 
lap of Bos. 5, William E, ra Nellie Sherman of Edg. 6, John 
A, d in the army. 7, Joseph Franklin. 8, Sarah F. 9, Charles 
P, a. 

Fanny and Phillip Beckler's chil. 1, Amos O, m Betsey H 
Austin. 2, Charles M, ra Malvina Loring. 3, Cyulhia O, d. 

4, Albion P, ra 1st, Sarah G Norris ; 2d, Greenwood. 5, 

Daniel W, ni Julia .Judkins. 6, George W, ra Esther Fuller. 
7, O, Otis. 8, Frank M. 

Cynthia and Edmund Perkin's chil. 1, Clara A, d. 2, 
Charles E. 3, Frederick W. 4, Augustus G. 

Dr Daniel K and Elizabeth Kennedy's chil. 1, Mary Eliza- 
beth, b July, 1828; ra Capt Wilson McNear of Wis in 1856. 
Mary E, has 3 chil 2, Alonzo K, b July 1830; d 1831. 3, 
Amanda, b Aug, 1832 ; d in 1832. 4, Emily Aim, b Jan 1835 ; 
m Ca])t E B Carr of Wis, 1854. Caj)t Carr was a member of 
4th Reg Me Vols 3 years, several times in battle and wounded. 
Honorably discharged. 5, Hannah M, b Jan 1837; m Joshua 
Young, ,Jr, 1865 of Wis. 6, Sanmel L, b Jan 1840; d lcS12- 
7, Isabella, b 1841 ; d in 1841. 8, Caroline, b Aug, 1842. 9, 
O L F, b Dec 1844 ; d 1845. 10, John, b 1846; d in 1846. 



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426 GENEALOGY. 

11, ElleQ F, b Mar 1, 1849 ; d iu 1857. 12, Henry A, b Sept 
18.52. 

William J Kennedy's chil. 1, Sarah M, b May 27, 1833 ; m 
C Davis of Jeff. Oct 6, 18o7. Sarah M has 3 chil. 2, Alonzo D, 
b Jan 31, 1835 ; ni Ann Kennedy Oct 17, 1862. Has one child. 

Serena and Leonard McCobbs chil. 1, Orra E, b Jan 4, 
1838; m Capt. Samuel Dodge of Booth. Nov 19, 1857. Capt. 
Samuel d in Cuba July 29, 1858. 2, William O, b Mar 27, 
1840; 3, Weston K, b Aug 15, 1842; d in inf. 4, Cyrus D, 
twin brother, d in inf. 5, Joseph L, b Dec 6, 1843. 6, Charles 
H, b Feb 6, 1852. 

Otis A Kennedy's chil. 1, Clara E, b Mar 2, 183G. 2, John 
M, b June 24, 1838 ; member of 20th Reg. Me. Vols., from Aug 
6, 1862 to Ap 18, 1865 ; promoted to sergeant 1864; wounded 
by a ball in the hip at the battle of Gettysburg July 2, 1863, 
which still remains ; wounded again in the battle of the Wilder- 
ness May 1864 ; lost his leg at the battle of Petersburg July 10, 
1864; d"^ischarged Ap 18, 1865. 3, Arthur C, b Mar 9, 1841. 

4, Clarence E, b July 9, 1844. 

T I B B E T S . 

I 
Francis S, b in Br Ap 4, 1804 ; c to N in 1819 ; r for a time | 

in Wis ; m Margaret C Perkins, Dec 29, 1824. 

Francis S's chil. Francis P, b Jan 6, 1827 : m Amanda ! 

Brown of Edg; r in Batli. Mary Ann, b Aug 23, 1828; in 
1st, Amos Chapman of Nob ; 2d, Samuel L Woodbury of Chel- 
sea, Mass ; r in C. Margaret, b Feb 22, 1830 ; d May 8, 1S30. 
Charles P, b Feb 8, 1831 ; m Sarah IMcFarland of Br ; r in B. 
Susan P, b Oct 6, 1832; d Sept. 8, 1833. Sarah D, b June 16. 
1834; in 1st, Ellis Young of Wis. 2d, Samuel Foy of Wis; r 
in Bath. William Bates, b Aug 7, 1836; 1st Sergt of 1st 
Maine Cavalry, Co K. Samuel B, b Aug 10, 1838 ; three years 
in U S service on board of U. S ship Constellation ; r in Bos, 
Robert Murray, b Nov 10, 1840 ; r in Mass. Hannah C, b Nov 

5, 1842 ; m Jonathan B Severance of New Hampshire. 

TEAGUE. 

Joseph, b Nov 13, 1780; m Eleanor Hussey, Oct, 1807; d 
Dec 1851. 

Joseph's chil. Mary Jane, b Dec 23, 1806 ; m Alexander Day 
of Nob. Alexander, b July 16, 1809 ; m Louisa M Thompson 
of Nob, Feb 12, 1834. Joseph, Jr, b July 23, 1812 ; m Jenisha 
Thurston of Nob. Clarissa, b Nov, 1818 ; m Tileston Clapp 
of Nob. Martha, b Ap 13, 1824 or 5 ; d ag 18 mos. Sewall, 



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b Feb 18, 1828; <l July 13, 1862; m Ann Taylor of Black 
Rock, Coiin. 

Third Generation. — Alexander's cliil. Mary L, b Nov 1, 
1834; m Capt Addison Austin, Sept 9, 1851. Marijaret S, b 
Nov 19, 1837 ; d Ap 3, 1845. Ellen A, b Sept 4, 1840. Clara, 
b Mar 4, 1842. Alexander, Jr, b July 25, 1852. 

T O M L I X S O X . 

Paul, c from Br in 1819 ; m Hannah Waters ; d Dec 1855 ; 
Hannah d Nov 27, 1861. 

Paul's chil. William W, b May 1812 ; m Rachel Harlcy ; d 
Aug 7, 1849. Mary, b Sept, 1814 ; m James Erskine ; d 1844. 
Hannah, b Mar 1817 ; ra Seth Chisam ; r in Alna ; d 1848. Paul, 
b Sept 6, 1819; m 1st, Sophia Woodbridge 1847; 2d, Widow 
Eunice R Hall of Nob, Mar 20, 1860. Sewall P, b Feb 10, 
1822 ; m Sarah Stone of Dresden. Nathaniel Ti, b Nov, 1825. 
Edwin A, h July 25, 1829, of Heavy Artillery, Coast Defence, 
Mass. 

Third Generation. — William W's chil. Brooks H, b Sept 
13, 1839. 

Paul's chil. Frederick W, b May 20, 1849. Sewall H, b 
Nov 3, 1850. Nancy Jane, b Jan 24, 1853. Nathaniel, 
b Nov 3, 1855. Alden P, b Feb 16, 1861 ; d Aug 25, 1864. 
Oscar C, b Sept 20, 1862. 

Widow Eunice R Hall's chil. Medora B, b Jan 19, 1855. 

Sewall P's chil. James S, b Aug 4, 1854. Percy L, b Sept 
30, 1856. Charles, b Aug 22, 1858. George, b Feb 7, 1862. 

Calvin, b in Al, May 6, 1813 ; c to N ab 1821 ; m Mary Ann 
Bryer of Booth, Oct 25, 1 846. 

Calvin's chil. Mary Frances, b Ap 17, 1848; d June 15, 
1849. Clara C, b Feb 17, 1853. Charles Ellsworth, b Nov 19, 
1854. James Henry, b Sept 29, 1857. 

TRASK. 

Albert D, b in Edg, Mar 17, 1829 ; M Rosira P Dodge Jan 
10, 1857 ; r in Roxbury, Mass. ; c to N in 1860. 

Albert D's chil. 1 Winship E, b Jan 10, 1859. 2, Elmer 
Erving, b June 14, 1861. 3, George Otis, b Mar 30, 1863. 4, 
ElfieL, b Nov 10, 1865. 

TUKEY. 

William, b in Port. Jan 14, 1777 ; c to N. when a small boy, 
and served an apprenticeship of 7 yrs, as mechanic, with the 
late Benj. Lincoln. P^sq. ; m Jane Simpson, Jan 24, 1798. Jane, 



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GENEALOGY. 



b Auor 9, 1777 ; d Aug 16, 1843. William d Sopt 29, 1850. 

William's chil. 1, Arietta, b June 9, 1799; m Samuel Tib- 
betts of Br. Dec 18, 1821 ; d iu Windsor June 6, 1860. 2, Ruth, 
b Sept 10, 1800 ; m Joseph, Brown of Ed<>-. Feb 9, 1825; r iu 
N. 3, Benjamin, b July 5, 181)2 ; m Jane W Fossett of Br. 
Oct G, 1829 ; r in Fairfield. 4, Nancy Jane, b Dec 7, 1804 ; m 
Jacob Ayer of Jeff. Nov 5, 1828 ; d May 27, 1832. 5, William 
b AujT 26, 1805 ; m 1st, Eleanor Plummer of Alna Oct 1836; 
2d, Widow Susan Baker Aug 1845. Susan d Oct 13, 1864. 
6, James S, b Ap 12, 1807; m Betsey Vanner, of Nob. Ap 
1832 ; r in Dam. 7, George W, b Nov 29, 1808 ; m Eliza A 
Hitchcock ot Dam. Nov 27, 1838. 8, Robert Kellnm, b Oct 13, 
1810 ; m Sally Chisara of Al. Feb 9, 1837 ; r in N. and Dam. 
9, Harriett, b Aug 31, 1812; m Cornelius Purington of Bath 
June 9, 1841 ; r in" Bath. 10, Marv Jane, b July 4 1814 ; d Oct 
27, 1814. 11, Franklin, b July 24^ 1818 ; m 1, Sarah Ann Hill 
of Bath, Dec 17, 1843; 2d, Nancy Baker of Booth. Oct 1856. 

William Jun's chil. 1, Vandelia N, b Mar 20, 1840. 2, IMary 
Lennox, b Mar 13, 1842. 

George Ws chil. 1, G Augustus, b Nov 26, 1841; d Mar 
11, 1852. 2. F Eugene, b Oct'lO, 1843. 3, Freddie R, b June 
18, 1851 ; d Mar 22, 1852. 4, Lillie H, b June 14, 1858 ; d Feb 
18, 1859. 6, Hathorne G, b Nov 5, 1859 ; d Oct 10, 1860. 

R. Kellum's chil. 1, Charles Edward, b Mar 11, 1838. 2, 
Paulina, b Jan 11, 1841 ; d June 20, 1856. 3, Susan Jane, b 
Nov 23, 1844. 4, Lizzie F, b Dec 21, 1855. 



T U R N B U L L . 

John, b in Scotland, Jan 29, 1759; c to N and m Huldah 
Glidden ; house stood directly between the Newcastle house and 
the Brick Block ; kept the ferry across the Dam river, previous 
to the building of the Bridge. Huldah, b Jan 5, 1764. 

John's chil. 1, Mary, b Jan 31, 1785 ; m 1st, Simon Dodge, 
2d, John Gibbs of Scotland ; d in Cambi-idgeporl, Mass. 2, 
Margaret, b July 17, 1786 ; m Richard Wilkinson ; d Dec 19, 
1848. 3, John, b Sept 15, 1787 ; d at sea. 4, Eleanor, b Ap 7, 

1789 ; m John Plummer ; r in Nob. 5, Elizabeth, b Sept 19, 

1790 ; m Daniel Flint of Nob ; r in Nob. 6, James, b Mar 26, 
1793; r in New Brunswick. 7, William, b Mar 4, 1795; m 
Mary Chapman of Nob. 8, Robei't, b Dec 4, 1797 ; d at Port 
au Prince, W I. 9, Charlotte, b June 9, 1799; m Thomas 
Rowe. 10, Lydia, b Oct 25, 1801 ; m Benjamin Chapman ; r 
in Windsor. 

Third Generation. — William's chil. 1, John, b Dec 1, 1823 ; 
d Sept 14, 1825. 2, William W, b Ap 15, 1826; m Cordelia 



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Meny of Ed":, 1860 ; r in E. 3, Beiii Willavd, b June 9, 1S28; 
d May 24, 1832. 4, Mary C, b July 19, 1S33. 5, IJenjainin 
Chapinan, b Ap 6, 1836 ; d Ap 10, 1842. 6, Everlino, b Sf'pi 21, 
1838; d Ap o, 1842. 7, Elizabeth A, b Nov 20, 1841. 8, 
Harriet B, b July 14, 1844. 9, Robert, b Aui^ie, 1846; d Nov 
18, 1847. 10, Winfield Scott, b May 19, 1848. 

WATEKS, 

Samuel, c from Eng. ; m 1st, INIary Kennedy of Bridgewatei', 
Mass. ; 2d, MargarettT McLellaiid ; 3d, Huth Averill of Jeft". 

Samuels chil. 1, Mary, m Joseph Glidden. 2, Samuel, r in 
Palermo. 3, Nabby, m Major Moses Carlton of Wis. 4, Wil- 
liam, b Mar 31, 1764; in Patience Bryant May 3, 1792; a man 
of extensive business ; a claimant of French spoliations ; d Ang 
1837. 5, Daniel, Major, b Mar 8, 1768; m Mary Weeks of 
Jeif, Feb 4, 1790; a Justice of the Peace and surveyor of lum- 
ber; a man of intelligence, uprightness and influence; d Aug 
18, 1856. 6, Mary, b^Ap 4, 1768 ; d July 18, 1864. 7, Jane, ra 
1st, James Clark of Al. ; 2d, Benj. Ayers of Al. 8, Nancy, d 
young. 

Third Generation. — William's cliil. 1, Hannah, b Jan 1794; 
ni Paul Tomlinson Mar 1812 ; d Dec 1862. 2, Natlianiel, d at 
sea ag 21 ; was buried in tbe ocean, 3, Statira, b Sept 2, 1798 ; 
m James Fitzpatrick of I. July 13, 1821, 4, Betse}', b Mar 
1800; d Sept 21, 1820. 5, Daniel, seaman; an inmate of 
Sailors' Home, Staten Island, N. Y. 6, Edwin, m Susan Tarr, 
Dec 10. 1837 ; d May 27, 1860. 7, Mary Jane, m James Ers- 
kine. 8, Orrin, b Mar 12, 1814. 

Daniel's chil. 1, Jane, b Nov 19, 1790 ; m Milton Goodenow, 
a lawyer of Nob.; d Mar 12, 1812. 2, George G, b Ap 4, 
1792; 1st mate of ship; washed overbmird, Feb 21, 1812. 3, 
James S, b Oct 4, 1793; m Margaret Kavanagh ; r in Jeff. ; d 
Mar 11, 1841. 4, Mary, b Dec 22, 1795 ; m James Sawyer of 
Saco ; r in Dorchester, Mass. 5, Samuel, b Ap 12, 1798; m 
Hannah Shibles of Knox Feb 28, 1820 ; merchant ; d Ap 21, 
1845. 6, Daniel Jnn, b Jmie 10, 1800 ; d Feb 26, 18U1. 7, Abi- 
gail, b Sept 9, 1802; d Aug 15, 1804. 8, Clarissa, b Sept 8, 
1805; ni Henry Carlton of Wis. ; d Mar 21, 1828. 9, William 
2d, b Mar 27, 1807; d Sept 22, 1808. 10, Daniel Jun., 2d, b 
Mar 26, 1808; d in Cincinnati Sept 3, 1830. 

Fourth Generation. — Sanniel's chil. 1, ]\[ary Catharine, b 
Aug 18, 1826 ; m William T Cotton of N. H. Nov 8, 1863; r 
in Woltboro, N. H. 2, Martha S, b Mar 29, 1830 ; d Feb 23, 
1831. 3, Clara C, b Mar 4, 1836. 

Edwin's chil. Joseph, b Sept 15, 1838; m Mary Elizabeth 



430 



GENEALOGY. 



Pool Sept 18, 1862. Nathaniel B, b Feb 16, 1840; member of 
4tli Reg. Me. Vols. : Avounded in the battle of the Wilderness; 
107 days a prisoner ; served three years and was honorably dis- 
charged. Isaac T, b Sept 27, 1842; member of 4th Me. Reg; 
served three yeais and honorably disch'arged. Clara J, b Feb 
21, 1845 ; m William Webber; r in Kichmond. Edwin, b May 
1. 1847. Susannah, b Mar 20, 1849. Statira, b Feb 22, 1851. 
William, b Oct 3, 1853. Isadore, b July 19, 1856; d Aug 16, 
1855. Alexander, b Ap 5, 1858 ; d Oct 29, 1858. Frank, b 
Feb 10, 1860. 



WEBB. 

Originally from Scotland, c from Scituate and settled in Wool. 
Killed by the fall of a tree ab 1703. 

Webb's chil. Nathaniel entered Washington's army at 

the ag of 19 ; continued in it 7 yrs ; c to N subsequent to Kev- 
olution ; m Widow Lydia Tukey of Cape Elizabeth ; d Dec 25, 
1832. Susan. Ruth. Jane, m Robert Robinson; d Aug 3, 
1843. Dea Luther ; m Martha Cushman of Wool, Oct 7, 1790 ; 
d Dec 5, 1845. An excellent citizen and a pious man. Martha, 
b in Kingston, Mass ; c to W when 13 yrs of age. 

Third Generation. — Dea Luther's chil. 1, Joshua, b July 
31, 1791 ; m Almira Dodge, Mar 22, 1819; Teacher and farmer ; 
d Mar 1821. 2, Martha Delano, b Aug 10, 1793 ; m Ebenezer 
D Robinson, Dec 12, 1815 ; d Mar 9, 1857. 3, Sophia, b Ap 
22, 1796 ; m Capt Solomon Hutchins, Nov 3, 1816. 4, Luther, 
Jr, b Jan 10, 1798 ; m Eliza Wadsworth Montgomery, of Booth, 
Nov 18, 1823. Eliza W, b Ap 12, 1804. 5, Dea Robert Cush- 
man, b Ap 27, 1800; m Sally Trouant of Brem, Oct 21, 1823 ; 
el Dea of Cong Ch in Wal, Dec 9, 1836 ; member ot Me Senate 
1857 ; appointed Justice of Peace 1857 ; Trial Justice 1865. 
Tanner and boot Manufacturer. 6, Lucy, b Aug 21, 1802 ; d in 
inf 7, Dea Lewis, b Jan 13, 1804 ; m Hannah Rundlett of Al 
Nov 2, 1830; d Aug, 1851. 8, James, b June 10, 1807 ; d in 
inf. 9, Nathan, b May 15, 1810 ; m 1st Eliza Rundlett of Al, 
Nov 13, 1834; m 2d, Martha Evans of Norway ; d in Port, 
1866. 10, Elbridge, b Aug 13, 1812; d Dec 30; 1829. 11, 
Edward, b Nov 1.5, 1814 ; Grad at Bow Col 1838 ; Preceptor of 
Academy in Ky 7 yrs ; Lawyer; r in St Paul, Alin ; Pres of a 
large Ins Company ; m Abigail Jane Baldwin of Washingtou 
county Ky. 

Fourth Generation. — Joshua's chil. Almira, b 1821 ; m Rev 
Francis Tenney of Mass. 

Luther Jr's chil. 1, Alfred Wadsworth, b Sept 5, 1824; ra 
in Cal in 1860 ; d in Cal Oct 29, 1866. 2, Joshua, b Nov 21, 



GENEALOGY, 431 

1826. 3, Amanda Malvina, b July 25, 1828 ; m Capt Henry J 
Benson of Ohio, U 8 Coast Service, July 11, 1866. 4, Ira 
Knight, I) July 20, 1830. 5, Elbridge, b Auo- 27, 1833 ; m in 
Cal, 1865. 6, Sophronia, b Juno 23," 1836 ; m Frank F Preble 
of Maine, U S Vols, now Teacher in E Bos, Oct 10, 1859. 7, 
Fred Lewis, b Mar 9, 1840; r in Dam and Bos. 8, Martha 
Elizabeth, b Mar 26, 1842. 9, Sarah Wads worth, b Ap 24, 
1844. 

Dea Robert's chil. 1, Sarah Elizabeth, b Aug.9, 1824 ; d Mar 
3, 1844. 2, Melinda Mitchell, b June 17, 1826^: d June 3, 1845. 
3, Caroline Augusta, b Ap 18, 1828 ; d Jan 12, 1865. 4, Avery 
Trouant, b Feb 1 •4, 1830 ; m 1st llebecca P" ranees Plovey of Lowell, 
Mass, who d June 22, 1861 ; ni 2d E^veline Tolman of Camden, 
June 1865. 5, Martha Cushman, b June 12, 1832 ; m Rev Henry 
Martin Yaill of Stafford, Conn, June 4, 1S61 ; d Dec 21, 1868. 
6, Susan Farley, b June 2, 1834 ; m I Palmer Starrett, Esq, of 
Warren, Nov' 11, 1858; r in W. 7, Mary Ann, b July 25, 
1836 ; d Aug 30, 1850. 8, a child d in inf ' 

Third Generation. — Lewis' chil. Charles L, b Aug 29, 1831 ; 
m Mary H Evans of Norway, Nov 22, 1855. Edward, b Feb 
28, 1833 ; m H Lizzie Myrick. Almira Rundlett, b Sept 3, 
1835; d Sept 1854. Hannah Carlton, b Aug 15, 1837. 

Fourth Generation. — Charles L's chil. Lizzie H. b Feb 22, 
1857. Arthur Evans, b Feb 4, 1862 ; d Feb 9, 1864. 

Third Generation. — Nathaniel's chil. 1, Sally, b June 8, 
1783. 2, Jane, b 1785 ; m Samuel PKendall ot Hope ; d 1829. 
3, Joanna, b 1787; m Robert Richards of Hope; d 1814. 4, 
Eber.ezer, b June 10, 1789; in Sophia S Lancaster Mar 20, 1816. 
5, Sophia S, b Mar 23, 1795. 6, Lydia. 7, Ruth, m 1st, Eben 
Greenlaw; 2d, William Hastings; r in Br. 8, John, d in inf. 
9 and 10, Nathaniel Jun and George W, twins, b July 5, 1799. 
Nathaniel m Margaret Erskine of Br. George m Charlotte 
W^bb of Bath. 

Fourth Generation. — Ebenezer's chil. 1, Aaron, b Mar 21, 
1817 ; d in inf 2, Mary, b Jan 1, 1819 ; d in inf 3, Edwin B, 
b Jan 19, 1820 ; graduated at Bow. College 1846 and at Bangor 
Tlieal. Sem 1850; settled as pastor of Cong. Church in Augusta 
and Shawmut St. Church in Bos. Mass. ; m Elizabeth T Tappan 
of Augusta Oct 19, 1852. 4, Benj. Frankliu, b Sept 19, 1821 ; 
m Mary G. Melcher July 17, 1848 ; r in Cal. 5, Nathaniel L, b 
Oct 7, 1823. 6, Albert S, b Sept 7, 1825 : d May 17, 1829. 7, 
Roxy S Webb, b Feb 3, 1828. 8, Albert D, b July 24, 1830 ; 
d Jan 13, 1834. 9, Sophia A, b Dec 16, 1831. 10, Eben Stan- 
ford, b Nov 1, 1834 ; m Mary M Hunt of Milford, Mass. Jan 
14, 1864. 



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432 GENEALOGY. 

Xatliaiiiel Jr's chil. Albert S. Geori,^e W. Matfiew C. 
Jane G, d 1850. Mary L, in Isaiah Chase of ITarwicli, Mass. 
Joliii, no; 24. Natlianiol 3d. Addie. 

William K, b in Bath Nov 12, 1785; m Sarah IVIcCobb of 
Batli, Sept 8, 1825 ; d Aug 22, 18G4 ; Sarah, d July 8, 1861. 

William R's chil. jNIai^^ Ann Elizabeth, b Nov" 7, 1826; m 
Gardiner N Feyler of ^Vt\\, Dec 11, 1845. Hannah McCobb, b 
Oct 8, 1828 ; m Capt Joseph Burnham of Bos, Sept 17, 1848. 
William D, b Ap 17, 1830; m Nettie G Hanley, Jan 2, 1855. 
George H, b Jan 8, 1832; m in Liverpool, Eng. Thomas M, b 
Jan 1, 1834. Delia M, b Jan 27, 1835 ; m Orrin S Pond of 
Foxboro' Mass, Aug 25, 1857; Joseph G, b Jan 21, 1837; d 
'Sept 1852. Harriet M, b June 7, 1831 ; m Alexander Farnham, 
Dec 20, 1860. 

Third Generation. — W^illiam D's chil. Simon H, b June 8, 
1858. Walter G, b Feb 14, 1861. 

WILKINSON. 

Richard, b in London, Eng, Sept 2, 1782 ; Sea Capt ; c to N 
when a boy ; m Margaret Turnbull ; d Dec 25, 1831. 

Richard's chil. Elizabeth, b Mar 14, 1806; m l^vobert Rowe 
of Ireland; d June 30, 1832. Margaret, b Mar 10, 1808; m 
Ca]>t David Farnham, Dec 10, 1838 ; r in Dam. Sophia Ann, 
b June 30, 1812; d Dec 7, 1812. John, b Nov 26, 1813; d 
Dec 22, 1813. Sophia Ann 2d, b July 29, 1815 ; d Jan 2, 1817. 
James, b Aug "io, 1818; d Sept 5, 1818. Richard, b Aug 22, 
1820; d Dec 7, 1840, by drowning. William, b Ap 5, 1822; 
m 1st, Clementine Brown ; 2d Jessie Robinson ; r in Bos. Har- 
riet, b July 5, 1825 ; d Aug 7, 1825. Edward, b Nov 9, 1826 ; 
m Caroline Hutchings of Dam, Dec 7, 1848. John, b May 22, 
1830 ; d young. 

Third Generation. — Edward's chil. Charles E, b Sept 1849. 
Eugene, b Jan 27, 1851. Annie. 

WHITE. 

Alden Bradford, b in Wis Aug 4, 1812 ; c to N in 1840; m 
Eliza Gould Carlton, of Wis, Jan 21, 1840. Eliza G, b Nov 4, 
1820. 

Alden B's chil. Mary Eliza, b IVfay 14, 1842. Bradford 
Alden, b Feb 3, 1844. William Carlton, b May 23, 1847; d 
May 16, 1849. Ellen Augusta, b Sept 19, 1850'; d Aug 17, 
1851. Alfred Call, b Ap 13, 1855 ; m Clara B Dodge, Dec 25, 
1878. Helen Gould, b Oct 26, 1857; in Harlan R Ferkius 
Feb 2, 1880. 



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GENEALOGY. 433 

Third Generation. — 1, Mary Eliza; m Albert Gliddeu of N, 
Nov 6, 1867. Her chil. Mary W, b May 14, 1875 ; r in Dam. 
2, Bradford Alden, ra Sarah Gr Haines, Oct 20, 1860. His oliil. 
Ethel Haines, b Nov 2, 1872. 8, Alfred Call's chil. Maggie T, 
b June 1, 1S72. 

Nathaniel, b in Wis, Mar 25, 1817; m Mary White of Wis, 
May 23, 1849 ; c to N 1849. 

Nathaniel's chil. Susan Emma, b Mar 20, 1851. John (Jar- 
diner, b Jan 11, 1855. 

WILLIAMS. 

Hartley G, b in Edg, Dec 15, 1815 ; m 1st Julia Ann Dodge. 
2d, Widow Mary Hitchcock of Dam, Oct 10, 1857. Mary, b 
in Philadelphia, Dec 22, 1825. Hartley G, c to N. 

WHITEHOUSE. 

Capt Stephen C, b in Jeff, Aug 21, 1819 ; m Ann Hilton of 
Jeff, Oct 24, 1841 ; c to N in 1836. Capt of Co K, 16th Reg, 
Me Vols. Killed instantly at the battle of Gettysburg. He got 
up company E Fourth Maine, was cliosen Capt and was in the 
fii'st Bull Run battle. Ill health caused hirn to resign, but he 
afterwards re-enlisted and iell bravely fighting. 

Capt Stephen's chil. Wilmot, b Ap 27, 1843. Was in his 
fathers's Co E, Fourth Me, six months. Discharged, but re- 
eulisted in the 11th U S Infantry and continued till wounded, 
25 months. Commissioned Lieut ot 32d Me Iteg, six mouths ; 
was in thirteen battles and ill health couipelled him to resign. 
George C, b Sept 30, 1845. Ann, b Jan 24, 1851 ; d in inf 

WOODBRIDGE. 

Benjamin, Sr, Esq, c from Newbury ab 1753; settled on 
Southern point of ''town Necke ;" m Susannah Tappan of New- 
bury. Susannah, d Thursday afternoon, June 6, 1771. 

Benjamin Sen, Esq's chil. 1, Benjamin, Jr, b 1737; m Ann 
Hodge of Edg, Thursday, Sept 2, 17 73 by Kev Thomas Moor 
of Pown ; d Sept 17, 18i7. 2, Mary, b 1738; m James Ayers 
of Al where she r. 3, Paul, b Dec 3, 1 740 ; Sea Capt ; d at 
sea. 4, Sarah, b Feb 19, 1744. 5, Dorothy, b Mar 27, 1746. 
6, Thomas, b Jan 16, 1747; was in the llevolutionary Army; 
returning from the war m Lydia Ayers of Newbury, Mass ; his 
house built in 1776, is still standing and occupied, 1867, by ids 
son Thomas Jr. 7, Susan, b 1749. 8, Capt Christopher, b Ap 13, 
1751; in Washington's Army; when discharged, he received 



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GENEALOGY. 



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2800 silver dollars ; m Sarah Cunningham. 0, Elizabeth, b 
Dec 28, 1753. Enjoyed ill-health, and when reading the script- 
ures, her reason left tier, and she continued so 1 1 years. On the 
return ot it she opened to the place where she left off and the 
intervening time seemed a blank. She was a devoted christian, 
and her faculties continued bright ever after. 

Third Generation. — IJenjamin's Jr's chil. 1, Susannah Tap- 
pan, b ^May 28, 1774. l)a[)tized by Kev John Muiray of Booth, 
Aug 16, 1774 ; lu James Erskine ; d Mar 18, 1863. 2, Mary, b 
Dec 16, 177o. Baptized May 20, 1776, by Kev John Murray of 
Booth ; ni Joseph Fluuimer ot Al ; d May 18, 1843. 3, Sarah 
Hooper, b Sept 27, 1777. Baptized by Kev JNlr VV luting, June 
7, 1778 ; m James Eollansbee, 1801 ; d June 8, 1847. 4^ Anna, 
b Sept 18, 1779; m Capt Thomas Chase, June 2.5, 1801 ; d Jan 
28, 1860. 5, Elizabeth, b Ap 27, 1782. Baptized at Topsham 
by Kev Mr Urquhart, May 7, 1784 ; rj Capt Wm Clifford of 
Edg ; d Mar 1864. 6, Benjamin 3d, b Sept 7, 1784. Baptized 
Oct 2ci, 1784 by Kev Mr JNlcLean of J3r ; in Nancy Simpson : d 
Jan 26, 1854. 7, Jane, b Oct 17, 1787 ; m Jothani Donnell ; r 
in Al. 8, Hodge, b Jan 16, 1790 ; m Elizabeth Simpson of Bruns, 
Feb 17, 18l8;"Elizabeth, b Ap 20, 1793. 9, Kuth, b Ap 17, 
1792; m Capt John Clifford of Edg. 10, Henry, b Mar 1 s, 
1795 ; m Elizabeth Kennedy, Sept 15, 1819 ; d Oct 1, 1842. 

T'kird Generation. — Thomas' chil. 1, Sarah, m Eben- 
ezer Carlton of Bradfoixl, Mass. 2, Elizabeth, m Benj. Tobey 
of Al. 3, William, m Anna Tobey t»f Whit. 4, Lydia, m 
William Banks of Hartford. 5, Thomas Jun, b May 11, 1791 ; 
ni Sophronia Dammon of Al xMar 5, 1817. 6 and 7, James A 
and xUary, twins, b July 10, 1795. James A, m 1st, Elizabeth 
Shaw of Hallowell Jan 4, 1821 ; m 2d, Mrs. Frances L Albee 
May 21 1844. Elizabeth b Mar 27, 179H ; d June 1842. Fran- 
ces L b 3Iar 8, 1807. Mary, m Edward Palmer of Whit. ; r in 
VV. 

-Fourth Generation. Thomas Jun's chil. Harrison B, b 
June 12, 1818; m Elvina Hussey of NVald. Hartley E, b May 
22, 1820 ; m Margarett Cumery of Bos. Nov 1845. Kebecca, 
b Oct 24, I824;"ni Wm B Howe of Ko.xbury, Mass.; r in 
Salem, N. Y. Franklin, b May 14, 1826; d in N. Y. May 23, 
1857. Lydia Ann, b Feb 28, 1829; d Nov 11, 1847 in Kox- 
bury, Mass. Ellen, b Oct 20, 1831 ; m Emery A Glidden, May 
7, 1854, Luther S, b Ap 24, 1834; in Adda Hastings; r iu 
Salem, N. Y. Kuth E, b Jan 11, 1837; m John E. Hilton, of 
Brem. May 7, 1851. Abiel A, b July 20, 1840; m Georgia 
Peasly of Al. Mar 1, 1864. 

James A's chil. 1, Mary Shaw, b in N. Dec 24, 1823. 2, 



GENEALOGY. 435 

Ann Elizabeth, b in Plallowell, Mar 30, 1826 ; m EL Xorcross 
Dec 3, 1846. 3, Susan E. b in H. Mar 7, 183.); m Ilaivey 
Tobey 1855. 4, Martlia Maria, b in H. Feb 20, 1832 ; d .June 
1846. 5, James Franklin, b Sept 13, 1838; d Feb 10, l.S3'J. 
6, George S, b in Augusta Feb 18, 1844. Adopted by James 
A as son July 1844. 

Benj 3d's cliil. Clarissa, b Ap 19, 1813 ; m Robert Camp- 
bell Oct. 7, 1833. Sophia, b Dec 2, 1814 ; m Paul Tomlinson ; 
d Sept 1856. Eliza Jane, b Aug 25, 1817 ; m John Vanner 
Jan 21, 1844. Benj 4, b May 17, 1822 ; m Emeline Woodman 
of Al. July 30, 1855. Larkin II and Nancy, twins, b June 29, 
1823. Larkin, m Cordelia Chisam of Al. Nancy d in inf. 

Hodge's chil. Martha Ann, b July 22, 1820; m Joseph 
Plummer. of Al. Dec 2, 1849 ; r in A. Sarah Jane, b Nov 6, 
1821; m Samuel L Chapman of Nob. Feb 12, 1846; r iu N. 
and Dam. Mary Elizabeth, b July 31, 1823 ; m Charles S. 
Clapp of Nob. Ap 9, 1844 ; r in Dam. John S, b May 5, 1827 ; 
d Nov 17, 1827. Wilmot W, b Jan 20, 1830; m Fannie E 
Campbell Dec 19, 1859. Fanny d May 26, 1866. James P, b 
July 17, 1832; d Oct 23, 1860. 

Henry's chil. Susan Erskine, b Aug 3, 1820; m 1st Samuel 
Plummer of Al ; 2d John Baker of Wis. David Kennedy, b 
Oct 15, 1821 ; ru Abby Donnell Morse ot Bath ; r in Cal. 
Eliza Ann, b Ap 19, 1823 ; m Franklin Plaistridge of Cornish, 
N H. Emily, b Dec 13, 1824; m Harlow Morse; r in Minn. 
Freeman Henry, b Aug 19, 1826 ; m Helen M Weymouth of Al, 
Oct 24, 1855. Mary Jane, b Jan 26, 1828 ; in Thomas C Ken- 
nedy of Minn ; d Oct 5, 1864. Laura Stebbins, b July 14, 
1829 ; m Dr 11 Fletcher of Minn. Harriet Newall, b Oct 28, 
1831. Albert Smith, b Ap 21, 1833; r in Cal. 

Fifth Generation. — Freeman's chi!. Walter P^'eeman, b Nov 
30, 1858. 

Wilmot's chil. Albert C, b Oct 1. I860. Willie B, b July 
2, 1863 ; d in inf. Clarence B, b Ap 3, 1865 ; m Harriet M 
Erskine, June 19, 1867. Chil. Mary A, b Nov 13, 1872. 

Larkin's chil. William Henry, b Dec 16, 1848. John H, b 
July 10, 1853. 

Benjamin 4th's chil. Emma L, b June 20, 1856. Alva B, b 
Aug 21, 1859. Mary E, b May 3, 1865. 

AV I L S O X . 

Thaddeus, m Dolly Flint ; r in Dracut, Mass ; c to N ab 1807. 

Thaddeus' chil. Dolly F. Charles. Joseph. Oliver and 

Svlvia deceased. These were bin Dracut. b in N, Alfred, July 



436 



GENEALOGY. 



20, 18U0 ; 111 1st w, Maiy C. Simpson, Feb 6, 1838 ; 2d w, Eliza 
A Given. 

AHred's chil. Marv Ellen, b Oct 30, 1841 ; m George G 
Malioney. George A,' b Ap 2, 1843. Clara C, b Feb 1, 1845. 
Araininta G, b June 6, 1848. 

WISEMAN. 



Tiionias, b in Charles County, Md, July 17, 1806 ; Seaman; 
N in 1834; ni Mary J Cunningliain, Sept 24, 1835. 
Tl,nmn«' r.h\] Tlioiuas C, b July 27, 1836; r in Cal ^Tc 



to 

Thomas' chil. Tho'inas C, b July 27, 1836; r in Cal, Mary 
J, b Aug 20, 1838; r in Hallowell. P>ances Sabinia, b Jan 20, 
1841 ; iMU Mass. William Henry, b Feb 16, 1843; r in Cal. 
Sophia Lennox, b Mar 4, 1846. Emily Brooks, b May 12, 1848. 
Geneva, b July 7, 1850. 

WRIGHT. 

Dr. John Sullivan, b at Pepperell, Mass ; c to Edg and com- 
menced practice in 1807; moved to N, ab 1842; m 1st, Lois 
Patterson of Edg, Dec 28, 1807 ; m 2d, Margaret Pinkhara of 
Booth, Ap 5, 1829 ; d Aug 7, 1853 and buried under Masonic 
honors. Lois, d Nov 30, 1827. Margaret; d Feb 26, 1850. 

Dr John S, chil by 1st w. 1, Heiirv, b Dec 18, 1809; r in 
Bootli, N and Dam ; m Elvira Sawyer of Ban, Oct 2, 1835 ; c 
to N in 1840. 2, Mary b, 1811 ; d in inf 3, Rovall, b Ap 13, 
1813 ; m Mary Robinson, Nov 6, 1845. Mary, d Nov 27, 1879. 
4, Sullivan, b Mar 1817 ; r in Wis. 5, Lucretia, b P'eb 1819 ; d 
May 21, 1849. 6, Mary, b Mar 15, 1825; m Jotham Perkins. 
Chil by 2d w. 1, Cleveland, b Sept 21, 1835. 2, William, b 
Julv 19, 1840. Naval officer; Capt of Steamship Mystic. Ap- 
pointed Oct, 1862. 3, Albert, b July 20, 1841. Entered Bow 
Col Aug, 1862. Teacher at Cherokee Cal. 

Henry's chil. 1, Fannie A, b Sept 2, 1836; ra Edwin D 
Knight of Dam. May 30, 1861 ; r in Gard. 2, Belle R, b 
June 30, 1838. 3, Mary L, b Dec 22, 1840. 4, Henry S, b 
P>b 17, 1842; d Ap 19, 1842. 5, Elvira, b Ap i, 1843. 6, 
Henry Jun., b June 26, 1845. 7, Ella A, b Nov 20, 1847. 8, 
Maggie H, b P'eb 17, 1850. 9, Frank M, b Dec 2, 1852; d 
Oct 24, 1853. 10, Estelle W, b Aug 8, 1857 ; d May 14, 1876. 
11, Willie S, b Oct 27, 1860. 

Royall's chil. 1, Aunah, b May 22, 1855 ; d Sept 30, 1858. 
2, Lizzie, b Oct 17, 1859. 

WYMAN. 

Samuel D, b in Monmouth, Oct 15, 1828 ; m Frances Genth- 
uer of Nob. Jan 1, 1850; c to N. in 1851. 



i 



I 



i 



GENEALOGY. 437 

Samuel D's chil. 1, Emma F, b Jan 7, 1851. 2, George 
Maaford, b Ap 6, 1856. 3, a son b July 27, 1864. 

VANNER. 

John, b in Jefi^ Jan 31, 1808 ; c to N in 1850 ; m Eliza Jane 
Woodbridge, Jan 26, 1843. 

John's chil. 1, Larkin W, b Oct 13, 1845. 2, Benj Frank- 
lin, b June 30, 1800. William, b in Jeff; m Rebecca Murray, 
Dec 14, 1848; d Jan 1849, 



APPENDIX. 



tEXTECOST HARBOE. WHERE IS IT? 

Some years ago I wrote an article on this subject, and 
tead it before the M. H. S. ; but ]Mr. Willis who edited the 
TT Tokime of the Society's PubHcations, caused to be 
printed only a portion of my article, because he said the 
hmits of the volume forbid his publishing the whole of it. 
Thus it stood until August 1879, when the Society appointed 
an excursion to this locality as their field day ; but unfor- 
tunately the day proved to be murky and cloudy and unfit 
for observation, and nothing new was developed as to the 
situation of the harbor and the interest connected ^\-ith it. 
Besides, the}- only arrived there about four in the afternoon 
and came away at six the same day, and a portion of that 
time was spent in investigating the marks upon the rocks 
of the island near, so that nothing new was developed 
respecting this question, and it is still open to discussion. 

My own mind was made up with regard to it many years 
since, nor have I seen any reason to alter it, after all that 
has been said upon the subject., Pentecost Harbor was what 
Was aften\'ards called George's Island Harbor — the moun- 
tains were those which are distinctly seen from this Har- 
bor, — the river up which the Archangel was taken, was the 
St. George's river, and the islands so frequently spoken of, 
as the islands about the mouth of this river, are what are 
now called George's Islands, among which was the Harbor 
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440 APPENDIX. 

these points. The White Mountains are 100 miles to West 
and can only be seen from certain points east of the Ken- 
nebec, in very clear weather ; but these mountains were 
always in sight, and were inland from the main shore that 
stretched from the West-South-west to the East-North- 
east. 

"The next day being Whitsunday, because we rode too 
much open to the sea and winds, we weighed anchor about 
twelve o'clock, and came along to the other islands more 
adjoining to the main, and in the road directly with the 
mountains, about three leagues from the first island where 
we had anchored. 

"When we came near to the other islands, our captain 
manned his ship boat and sent her before with Thomas 
Cam one of the mates, to sound and search between the 
islands for a safe place for our ship to ride in ; in the 
meantime we kept aloof at sea, ha\"ing given them in the 
boat a token to weffe in the ship, if he found a convenient 
harbor ; which it pleased God to send us far beyond our 
expectation, in a most safe berth, defended from all winds 
in an excellent depth of water for ships of any burden. 

"We all with great joy praised God for his unspeakable 
goodness who had, from so apparent danger, delivered us 
and directed us upon this da}' into so secure a harbor ; in 
remembrance whereof we named it Pentecost Harbor." 

Now you will notice, here and elsewhere, that this har- 
bor was among islands and not connected with any part of 
the main land, as is Boothbay harbor or an anchorage at 
the mouth of the Kennebec. In one place he tells us, 
there are fom- different passages to this harbor ; and it was 
"about three leagues from the first island where we had 
anchored." The place itself answers to what is now 
called George's Island Harbor, it being among islands, and 
which has four different passages leading to it — and not to 
Boothbay harbor which is formed a distance of several 
miles upon its northern side by the main land and 



APPENDIX. 441 

about four islands lying off seaward at considerable dis- 
tance from each other and the main land ; viz : Damaris- 
cove, Squirrel Island, Mouse Island and Cape Newaggau 
now Southport, and up which harbor, in front of the vil- 
lage that is the chief place of anchorage, it is formed 
almost entirely by the main land — Spruce Point wliich 
extends southwesterly^ a considerable distance towards the 
sea. 

"About four o'clock, after we were anchored and well 
moored, our captain with half a dozen of our company 
went on shore to seek fresh watering and a convenient 
place to set together our pinnace which we brought in 
pieces from England ; both which we found very fitting." 
You will please to take notice of this watering place — 
where it is, and its importance. 

"Friday, the 24th of May," he saj's, "after we had made 
an end of cutting wood and carrying Avater aboard our 
ship, we marched about and through part of two islands ; 
the bigger of which we judged to be four or five miles in 
compass and a mile broad." Where in the locality already 
referred to, do you find islands answeriiig to this descrip- 
tion ? You do find them among the St. George's islands. 

"Wednesday, the 29th of May, our shallop being fin- 
ished, our captain and men being furnished to depart in 
her, we set up a cross on the shore side upon the rocks." 
Now you will please to take notice of this fact ; for I 
regard it as a most important one. It was set up as a 
signal at Pentecost Harbor, that others might know where 
the harbor was, in which the Archangel found excellent 
anchorage, and which Capt. Weymouth discovered, and it 
was found two years afterward by Sir John Popham when 
he was on his way to the Sagadahock. This was the place 
where it was found — at Pentecost Harbor — among the 
George's Islands — and not at Pemaquid, Boothbay Har- 
bor, at the mouth of the Sheepscot or Kennebec, or at any 
place to the westward of this point. This I regard as a 



442 APPENDIX. 

strong point in the argument and one which the opponents 
of this theory have never been able to meet. 

THE RIVER DISCOVERED. 

Thursday, the 30th of May, about 10 A. M. the captain 
"departed in the shallop," for the purpose of discovery, 
leaving the ship in a good harbor, with fourteen men, and on 
the next day they were seen, about the same ht)ur, return- 
ing, and "we certainly conjectured our captain had found 
some unexpected harbor further up toward the main to 
bring the ship into, or some river." This language 
certainly implies that they were not now in a river, 
but outside; and he joyously writes : "Our captain had 
in this small time discovered up a great river trending 
along into the main about forty miles." This is nearly the 
length of the St. George's river, starting from the ocean 
and running up through Warren, Union and the other 
towns above. It is a river too, bearing the excellent des- 
cription which Rosier has given of it — wide below 
Thomaston, of good depth of water, with gallant coves, a 
remarkable bend to the westward, a codde on the eastern 
side of it, eas}- of access and as secure from all winds and 
storms as any river on our coast. They called it a great 
river ; it was to them who were brought up in a country 
with rivers no larger than the Severn and the Thames, and 
the Loire and the Seine in France. 

And now, I would respectfully ask the opponents of the 
St. George's theorj^ and the advocates of the Sagadahock 
theory, how it was possible for that captain in his shallop 
in a space of only ticeniy-four hours, including the night, to 
go from George's Island harbor to Sagadahock in a strange 
country and make the discovery of that river — a distance 
of at least 50 miles — and say nothing about, and know 
nothing about, either the Sheepscot or the Damariscotta 
rivers ? 

Rosier frequently speaks of their going to and fro among 



nil 



APPENDIX. 443 

the islands, and also of tlieiv going and returning from the 
main, in such a way as to show us that the harbor where 
they were anchored, was a considerable distance from it ; 
and on the eighth of June he coasted five or six leagues 
among the islands adjoining and sounded all along Avhere- 
soever he went, for the purpose of interesting himself and 
"thereby be able to direct others that shall happen to come 
to this place." 

"Tuesday, the eleventh of June," he sa3'S, "we passed 
up into the river, with our ship, about six and twenty 
miles." This would bring them up as high as Thomaston 
from their island which was named St. George's Island. 
This name has been indelibly attached to the islands in 
that vicinity ever since, and to no others on the coast of 
Maine." 

"For (besides without" i. e. outside "the river in the 
channels and sounds about the islands adjoining the mouth 
thereof, no better riding can be desired for an indefinite 
number of ships) the river itself runneth up into the main 
very nigh forty miles" — this cannot be the Sagadahock 
which runs up more than 100 miles — "toward the great 
mountains, beareth in breadth a mile, sometimes three- 
quarters, and half a mile is the narrowest where you shall 
never have under four or five fathoms of water and on 
both sides every half mile very gallant coves." This is 
the description of the river as far up as the bend — the 
anchoring ground of the Archangel. 

Now, if this is the Sagadahock river, please to tell me 
where are the islands about its mouth with its excellent 
harbor named by them Pentecost Harbor, and where are 
the mountains so conpsicuously seen before them and 
towards which the river run from the day they cast anchor 
inside of St. George's Island to the hour when they 
weighed their anchor and set sail for England. 

THE MOUNTAIXS. 

They surely cannot be the White Mountains, for these 



444 

** APPENDIX. 



are only seen from certain elevated points, to the eastward 
of the Kennebec; and between which points and the 
mountains themselves the land is low, and not where the 
mteryennig land is high so as to interrupt the view. They 
may be seen from a certain point in AVJolwich, from Cush- 
man s mountain in Wiscasset-from the top of Monhegan 
and from the upper deck of the steamboat as jou pass bv 
Casco Bay, m going from Kennebec to Boston. But thi 
day must be very clear and sky cloudless to see them at all 
Ordinarily they are not seen to the East of the Kennebec' 
i\ T.^T^'^"''' fannliar with the coast, from the 
paters of the Kennebec to those of the Penobscot ; and I 
have never yet been able to see the White Mountains in 
«ns ocahty from any vessel on whose deck I have stood 
Out to sea, with no intervening lands, they may be seen • 
but I never yet have beheld them from George's Island 
harbor where the Archangel lay. But the mountains of 
^^h ch Rosier speaks, were conspicuous objects before them 
and he river which they discovered, ran up towards them', 
W -nnot be said of the Sagadahock nor of the Sheepl 

tains ' ''''"'■' '"^ ^^^^"'"^ *'^" ^^^^^^^ ^^««^- 

A DAY'S JOURNEY. 
"Wednesday the twelfth of June, our captain manned 
his hght horseman with seventeen men and ran „p from 
his nd.ng ,n tlie river, to the codde tliereof " (this he tells 
«« .s on the eastern side of the river and is supposed to be 
what .s now ca led Mill river), "where we land^l'leaving six 
to keep the hght horseman till our return. Ten of ns with 
our shot and some armed, with a boy to carry powder and 
match, marched up into the country towards the mountains 
which we descned at our first falling in with the land." 
This s unmistakable. "Unto some of them the river 
brought us so near, as we judged ourselves, when we landed 
to have been within a league of them." These surely 



APPENDIX, 445, 

could not have been the White Mountains which were 100 
miles to the "West. "But," he says, "we niaiched up about 
four miles in the main and passed over three hills ; and 
because the weather was parching hot, and our men in 
their armor not able to travel far and return that night to 
our ship, we resolved not to pass any IVrrther, being all very 
wear}^ of so tedious and laborsome a travel." 

UP RIYEK. 

"Thursdaj' the thirteenth of June," he says : "By two 
o'clock in the morning, to take advantage of the tide, our 
captain and men went from our ship up to that part of the 
river which trended westward into the main, to search that ; 
and we carried with us a cross, to erect at that point, which 
we left on the shore until our return back, when we set it 
up in manner as the former. For this we diligently 
observed, that in no [)Iace, either about the islands, or up 
in the main, or alongst the river, we could discern an^^ token 
or sign that ever any christian had been there before ; 
of which, either by cutting wood, digghig for water, or set- 
ting up crosses, (a thing never omitted by any christian 
travelers), w^e should have perceived some mention left." 

"Bat to return to our river further up into which we then 
rowed by estimation twenty miles, the beauty and good- 
ness whereof I cannot b3' relation sufficiently demonstrate." 
The distance here given, is evidently an over-estimate ; for 
forty miles, besides the time spent in setting up that cross, 
would be a feat which men in their circumstances would be 
unable, in a single day to perform. Twenty miles or even 
fifteen, would be a long distance for a single company to 
row a boat in one day, besides attending to other duties. 
And so also when he says : "For from the place of our 
ship riding in the harbor at the entrance into the sound, — 
Pentecost Harbor — to the furthest part we were in the 
river, by our estimation was not much less than three score 
miles." You will observe it was not a matter of measure- 
ment but guess-work ; estimation is his word. 



" APPENDIX, 



i 



THE KETUR]Nf. 

"Friday the fourteenth of June, with the tide, our two 
boats and a httle wind, we rowed down to the river's mouth 
and here came to anchor about eleven o'clock." The shio 
could not have been very far up river, to have reached the 
mouth of It at that early time of day. The rest of the day 
was spent m making observations and taking souDdinc's 
about the mouth of the river and among the islands. "And 
the next day being Saturday we weighed anchor, and with 
a breeze from the land, we sailed up to our Watering place 
and there stopped, went on shore and filled our casks with 
wa er. And the day following, Sunday the 16th, they set 
sail for England. Friday, the 17th of May, they "cast 
anchor three miles North of Monhegan ; and\Sunday, the 
16th of June, they set sail for England. Thus they were 
on the coast just thirty days. 

And now I would, with all deference and respect, like to 
ask hose who think that Boothbay Haibor was Pentecost 
Harbor-that the S^igadahock was the river that Wey- 
mouth discovered, and that the Chopps at Meri:>^meeting 
Bay was the bend "of the river, that trended westwarl 
into the main, and that this was the place of anchorage 
o he Archangel, how it was possible for them to perform 
all these mighty acts, in this short space of time ^ Tues- 
daj^ the nth of June, they went up from their anchorage 
to that pomt oi the river which suited best their purpose 
by estimation 26 miles-Wednesday they went up to the 
codde creek, on the eastern side of the river, left their 
boat, travelled in the heat toward the mountains till they 
were overcome by fatigue, when they returned to the ship 
-Ihursday they set up a cross at the bend of the river 
and spent that day in making observations, and the next 
day at four m the morning, they left their anchorage, and 
^■ith a light wind and favorable tide arrived at the mouth 
of the river-how it was possible for a vessel of the size 
of the Archangel, in that short space of time, only three 



APPENDIX. 447 

days and a half, to oo fi-om Boothbay Harbor to the 
Chopps on the Kennebec and accomplish whut they did? 
How could the Archangel, in a single tlay, go all tliis dis- 
tance, and come back again in a period of onh' seven 
hours, from four to eleven in the morning '? How was it 
possible, in the first place, to find their way up there in 
that short space of time? Remember that the country- 
was new — the way unexplored, and how happened it that 
they found the way to this spot ? In the first place, they 
would have to go up through the narrow passage, between 
Cape Newaggan and Boothbay, called the Gut, to get into 
the Sheepscot river, and then instead of following up this 
broad and beautiful sheet of water to its head, they should 
cross over and search out the narrow passage between 
Squam Island and Erascohegan, up tlirougli Great Hell 
Gate into Hockomoek Ba}' — then up by Hockomock itself 
into that blind passage, the Cross river and Little Hell 
Gate, westerly, till you open into the Kennebec opposite 
Bath — and then, instead of anchoring here, they ascended 
the river till it branches into the Androscoggin where they 
came to anchor — a distance nearer 50 miles than that given 
by Rosier? And if this was the river, and the meeting 
of the waters of the Androscoggin with the Kennebec, or 
near there, the place of anchorage, where were the moun- 
tains ? Merrj-meeting Bay is there, but not the mountains 
which Rosier states were within a day's travel of the 
place where this ship lay. If you say that Capt, Wey- 
mouth had already been up this river, in the boat and dis- 
covered it on the 30th and 31st of May, and that he 
already knew the wa}', I would ask you how it was possible 
to make such a geographical discovery as this in the short 
space of twenty-four hours, during which he was absent, 
and taking out of them the sleeping hours of the night, 
which would leave only about twelve hours for observation, 
and going the whole distance ? 

Now all this is natural and consistent, assuming that the 



448 APPENDIX, 

St. George was the river, and the Camden Hills with the 
heavy forests standing upon them making them much higher 
than they are now, and the high lands trending westward 
through the town of Union and others, were the hills that 
Eosier had in view and among which his newly discovered 
river had its source ; but on the theory that Boothhay was 
the Pentecost Harbor, and those narrow, winding, blind 
passages which led from Boothbay Harbor to the opening 
through the Gut into the Kennebec, or the Kennebec itself, 
was the river that Captain Weymouth ascended when he 
went up toward the mountains, is the most unnatural and 
forced application of anything historical or geographical, 
that has ever come within the range of my knowledge. 

J? T R A C 11 E Y . 

And now let us call in our second witness — Strachey. 
Having given an account of his voyage and of their falling 
in with the islands and coast of Maine, and describing 
the last land which had called their attention, he says : 
"Nine leagues or more from yt, there be three high moun- 
tains that lie on the land, the land called Segohquet, neere 
about the river of Penobscot. They stood toward this 
high land untill twelve of the clock, noone the next daye 
and they found the ship to be by observation in 43. 

"From twelve of the clock, noone, they kept their course 
due west and come neere unto three islands. These lyeth 
so- west from the easter-most of three islands, a white 
rockye island ; so they stood their course west fast by 
them, and as they stood to the westward, the high land 
before spoken of made shewe of this forme" — he here 
gives a picture of it — -"bearing of them nor-nor-west. 

"From hence they kept on their course west and by nore 
towards three other islands which they saw lying from 
those islands eight leagues ; and about ten of the clock at 
night, having sent in their boat before, to make it, they 
bore in for one of them which tliey afterwards named St. 



APPENDIX. 449 

George's Island. In the morning they were envyroned 
every way with iskmds, they told upwards of thirty islands 
from aboard their shipp, very good sayling out between 
them. 

"They weyed anchor thereby to ride in more safety how- 
ever the wind should happen to blow ; how be yt before 
they put from the island they found a crosse set up, one of 
the same which Captain George Weyman, in his discovery, 
for all after occasions, left upon the island." This defines 
Pentecost Harbor beyond mistake, — among the islands. 
And as they sailed westward, since first discovering the 
high mountain, it brought them Northerly from where they 
lay. Stachey gives a sketch of their appearance. 

Having given a pencil view of the land and of the moun- 
tains, Strachey says : "About midnight. Captain Gilbert 
caused his shipp's boat to be mannde with fourteen persons 
and the Indian Skidawares, brought into England by Cap- 
tain Wayman, and rowed to the westward from their shipp, 
to the river of Pemaquid, which they found to be four 
leagues distant from the shipp, where she road." 

Now, if they rowed West from Pentecost Harbor four 
leagues to reach Pemaquid, then Pentecost Harbor must 
be four leagues or more East from Pemaquid, as it certain- 
ly must be, if Pentecost Harbor lies to the West of that 
point. But Rosier and Strachey both place it to the East of 
Pemaquid, among the islands, and the cross that Weymouth 
set up there forever settles the question where the Harbor 
was to which Captain Weymouth gave his, to him, aj^pro- 
priate name. 

"Sunday, the chief of both the ships, with the greatest 
part of the company, landed on the island where the cross 
stood, the which they called St. George's Island, and heard 
a sermon delivered unto them by Eev. Mr. Seymour the 
chaplain, and returned abourd againe." 

They returned to their ships towards evening where they 
still rode, under St. George's Island. Afterwards they 



450 



APPENDIX. 



weighed anchor and set sail for the Sagadahock. They 
went West, and passed the iskmd of "Sutquin," to reach 
it. This shows conclusively, that the river of Waymouth's 
discovery, was many miles to the East of that which has 
sometimes been called the Sagadahock. 

Objections have been taken to this view of the subject. 
1. Because Strachey calls this river the Sagadahock which 
Capt. Waymouth entered. But Easle who was settled 
among the Indians at Norridgewock, as their spiritual 
teacher in 1691, and who understood the Indian language 
better than any other European of his day, and who wrote 
a Dictionary of that language, says, that the term Sagada- 
hock means "the mouth of a river" — not the river itself — 
but "the mouth of a river," any river. If this was so (and 
he undoubtedly knew, and it would be a difficult thing, at 
this late day, to correct him) then the English when they 
came here and settled, chose their habitation at Sagada- 
hock, the mouth of the river Kennebec. And when I was 
a boy, the aged people used to tell me, that this term was 
applied, not to the whole river by the English, but to that 
part of it which extends from the Chopps to the mouth, 
and that was all. But the English now, and the Indians 
have ever called this river the Kennebec. The name as 
spelt by Basle and the earliest writers, was Kennebeag — 
changed by the English to Kennebec, precisely as Arro- 
seag was changed to Arrowsic, Whiskeag to Whisgig, 
Monseag to Mount Sweague, and other like cases. 

Strachey says that they went up the river sixty miles. 
This was undoubtedly an error unless he was describing a 
trip up the Penobscot in the boat which they built, instead 
of the Kennebec ; for sixty miles would have carried them 
up above Waterville, whereas the tide only flows as far 
as Hallowell forty miles from the sea, and the Falls at 
Augusta entirely stops river navigation from ascending 
upwards, except in skiffs and the smaller boats ; but sailing 
vessels cannot go any higher. 



APPENDIX. 451 

2. Another objection made to this theory is, that Anas- 
son, the Indian Chieftain, told Capt. Champlain, when he 
was at the mouth of the Kennebec, on his voyage there, 
that Capt Waymouth had been at that place. Now, I do 
not understand the narrator in any such manner. He 
relates, that on the 29th of July he arrived there ; and "he 
told us there was a vessel six leagues from the harbor 
which had been engaged in fishing, and the people on 
board had killed five savages of this river under the pre- 
tense of friendship, and according to his description," says 
Champlain, "we judge them to be English, and named the 
island where they were, "Le iVo/'" the ship, because it had 
that appearance." This ship if it was Waymouth's, as it 
is generally supposed to be, was not on the Kennebec, but 
at an island six leagues to the east of it. 

3. It has also been said that the historians all favor the 
Kennebec theory. But Rosier, the earliest historian, places 
it three leagues inside of Monhegan, among islands, and in 
range with the highlands which lay in a northerly direction. 
And Strachey, the second historian, places it among islands 
four leagues East of Pemaquid. And Champlain, the third 
historian, on the testimony of Anasson the Indian Chief- 
tain, places it on an island six leagues to the East of the 
Kennebec. Belknap says : "The harbor where he," Way- 
mouth, "lay with his ship and named Pentecost Harbor, is 
what is now called George's Island Harbor which bears 
North from Monhegan ; about two leagues ; which harbor 
and islands agree with his description, I think, tolerably 
well, and the name George's Islands serve to confirm it." 

Holmes in his American Annals, says : "Within three 
leagues of this island," which he first discovered, "he came 
to a harbor which he named Pentecost Harbor ; then sailed 
up a great river forty miles." And then in a note he adds : 
"Belknap in his first volume of American Biography, says, 
this great river is supposed to be either the Penobscot or 
the Kennebec ; but before the publication of his second 



452 APPENDIX. 

volume, he had satisfied himseh' after careful examination, 
that it was the Penobscot." And Purchas says, "Waj^- 
mouth discovered three score miles up a most excellent 
river." This sailing distance would apply to the Penobscot, 
but not to the Kennebec. Hubbard follows these other 
writers in placing Pentecost Harbor among the George's 
Islands. Williamson says "he named^ the place," he 
arrived at "Pentecost Harbor, now George's Island Har- 
bor, a well known haven at the mouth of the St. George's 
river," And still farther he adds, "The discovery of a 
great bay and river, the Penobscot, diverted their atten- 
tion from a trade with the Indians for five or six days ; 
which were passed in exploring these waters and the con- 
tiguous lands." 

PETITION FOR THE INCORPORATION OF WHITE- 
HAVEN. 

"To the Honorable Spencer Phipps, Esq., Lieutenant 
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Honorable His 
Majesty's Council and House of Representatives of ye 
Province of Massachusetts Bay, In General Court Assem- 
bled at Boston, by Prorogation to the 22d day of March, 
1749. 

"The Humble Petition of us the Subscribers &c. A Num- 
ber of Inhabitants to the Number of about fifty Familys, 
who have been for fourteen or fifteen years last Past bring- 
ing forward a Settlement at a place called Whiscassitt, to 
ye Eastward of Georgetown within the County of York 
and whereas we find by sad Experience that we in the Sir- 
cumstances that we are in, and for want of our being Erected 
Into a Township and being Invested with the Powers and 
Privileges that other of his Majesty's Good Subjects do 
Injoy, Cannot orderly Procede to the Calling and Seteling 
and Supporting a Gospel Minister, employing and Men- 
taining a School Master for the teaching our Children and 
many other 111 conveniences not necessary to be mentioned 



l> 



APPENDIX. 453 

to your Honors, you well knowing what People meet with 
when order and Government is wanting. This therefore 
w^aits on your Honors to pray you to take ye Premises into 
vour wise consideration, and if it may be agreeable to your 
pleasures that you would be pleased to erect us into a Town 
or otherwise as you shall think fit, and Invest us with the 
Powers and Privileges as other of his Majesty's good sub- 
jects do Injoy In the like case. May it please your Honors 
— Whereas we settled under a number of Proprietors where- 
of Sir William Pepperell Baronite is one Known by the 
name of ye Whiskassit Proprietors, and in order to Institute 
their claim within ye said Town or Presinct which we Pray 
may be called by the name of Whitehaven,. this we would 
humbly propose the bounds thereof be started and de- 
scribed after ye following manner, viz : Beginning at a place 
known by ye name of Sheepscot Narrows, thence running 
North West five miles then running three miles and a half 
South West, then running by Georgetown Eastern line 
until it comes to the sea. Then beginning at Sheepscot 
Narrows aforesaid and running South East two miles then 
South three miles, from thence South West until it comes 
to the Sea. Taking In Jeremy Squam or Long Island with 
all other small Islands that may fall within ye said bounds. 
So may it please your Honours we have taken leve to Pro- 
pose and wait your pleasures as In duty bound shall ever 
pray &c." 

(Signed) 

Jon"" Williamson. Francis Gray. 

Joseph Young, jr. David Danford. 

Isaac Young. John Baker. 

Elisha Kenny. Joshua Silvester. 

Kobert Huper. Moses Gray. 

Jacob Metcalf. George Gray. 

Thomas Young. Joseph Taylor. — 

Eichard Holbrook. Wilham Hilton. 

Obediah Albee. Jonathan Howard. 



454 APPENDIX. 

Micliall Seavy. Joseph Young, 

Kobert Lambert. Ebenezer Gove, 

Sliarabiah Lambert, John Gray, 

Abraham Preble. Wilham BoyintoD, 

Andrew Bowman, Henry Slooman. 

Caleb Boyinton, Aaron Abbott. 

James Nelson, James Parsons. 

Robert Pay. Ambrose Colby. 

Samuel Trask, Buggies Colby. 

John Rowell. Timothy Dunton. 

Benjamin Colby, Jonathan Blackledge. 

H. Rundlett. Joseph Welch. 
James Gray. 

This petition and also the one which succeeds relating 
to the incorporation of Sheepscot, was taken from the 
State Rscords in Massachusetts and kindly forwarded to 
me by John F. Pratt, M. D. of Chelsea, Mass., and is, 
together with the other, inserted for the sake of its antiq- 
uity and to show who were the inhabitants at that time at the 
place then called "Whiscassitt," and also at Sheepscot. 
The boundaries of the proposed town are easily traced ; — 
from Sheepscot Narrows northwest five miles — thence run- 
ning three miles and a half southwest — thence running by 
the eastern line of Georgetown, till it reaches the ocean. 
Then beginning at Sheepscot Narrows aforesaid and run- 
ning southeast two miles— thence south three miles — thence 
southwest until it comes to the sea, including Jeremy 
Squam or Long Island, now Westport, and such other 
islands as were included within this proposed boundary. 

On the back of this petition, the following was recorded : 
"In the House of Representatives, April 9, 1750. Read 
and ordered that the Prayer of the Petitioners be granted 
and Colonel Storer have leave to bring in a bill accordingly. 

Attest : Roland Cotton, Clerk." 



APPENDIX. 455 

PETITION FOR THE INCORPORATION OF SHEEP- 

SCOT, 

"To the Honourable Spencer Pliipps, Lieut. Governor 
and Commancler-in-Cliief in and over his Majesty's Prov- 
ince of the Massachusetts Bay in New Enghmd, and to 
the Honourable Council and to the House of Eepresenta- 
tives of General Court assembled Joyntly and Severally — 

The Petition of us the Inhabitants of Sheepscot lliver 
Humbly Sheweth— The great Difficulty that we labors 
under for want of being Incorporated Into town order 
Tvhich is in a great measure a means very prejudicial to 
•our settlement and we having experienced the great Dam- 
age of not being Numberous to our lot ware with the 
Indian enemy is the Cans to stir us up now to give your 
Honor this trouble — neither can we expect to be settled 
before we are put in to a Capacity to settle a Minister and 
have the benefit of the province Jaws to raise Money to 
suport him neither can we under our present Sircomstances 
oblige people to yoake their hoggs or fetter their horses 
that run at large upon the Common Make highways or 
Bridges or regullar their fences so as that we may live 
peaceably and comfortabley together— those things men- 
tioned and severall others which we labour under for want 
of being incorporated and put Into Town order is so dis- 
couraging that we canot expect to grow numberous for there 
is hardly such a thing can be expected — that any thinking 
people will com and Settle with us under our present sir- 
cumstances for we cannot oblidge any man to doe any- 
thing of those above mentioned but what is right in his 
own eye so your Honour is soficient Judge of the difficulty 
we labour under for want of being into town order. We 
Pray that your honours would be to take our case into 
your wise consideration and in your great Wisdom in Cor- 
porate us in to a town order by Granting to us to be in 
Corporated— beginning at the Narrows or at Mose point 
that is on Sheepscot Kiver betwixt Witchcasset Bay and 



456 



APPENDIX. 



the ri.e^ a„r"" '""■ ■""' '"•"' '""'^^ ™ ^^ol' -''e of 

evei piay Dated at Sheepscot May 23th, 1750 " 
(oigued) 



I 



"William Clark. 
James Clark, Jr, 
Wm. Eoss. 

James Kennedy, 

James Blake. 

Robert Grele. 

John McNear. 

William Hopkins. 

James Anderson. 

David Hopkins. 

Joseph Henderson. 

Samuel Anderson. 

Samuel Nickels. 

Joseph Bojd. 
David Given. 
James Given. 
I James Hodge. 
( Henrv Hodge. 
James Nickels. 
Petter Petterson. 
John Petterson. 
William Cothran. 



»/ 



John Majors. 

Alexander Mayors. 

Alexander Nickels. 

James Austin. 
William Kennedy. 

Robert Hodge. 

Samuel Burns. 
"~James Hodge. 
John Cunningham. 
James Cunningham. 
William Kennedv. 
Henry Little. 
Alexander Nickels, Jr. 
John Ballantine. 
James Clark. 
Robert Cothran. 
Timothy Wood. 
Samuel Kennedy.—*^ 
William McLelland. 
William Cunningham. 
William Hodge. 
John Cunningham, Jr." 



sta ts from Sheepscot Narrows and runs north np the river 
eight nnles, and then a tract fonr miles wide on'eaoh We 
o tlnshne; and the township was to lie the next north 
of the one jns asked for which was to inch.de "Wichcasset" 
and so on to the sea, and which the inliabitants wished to 
have named Whitehaven. u'S' wisnea to 

jVW„''''/°T;"f *°™''°"^"as refered tlie Petition of 
Alexander Nickels and others. Do Report as follows : 



•457 

APPENDIX. 



That the Petition be so for granted as t\>at the lam hu.- 
If e DeUBeated and Described .ith the luL^V-*- » 
?wUno therein be Erected Into a District and feepavate 
chveUmg thuein i,^ bronght In tor that ,rarpose 

"T: :^:g t' th ^ ^ Co^er ot- ^«eheasset then 

•To Westerly in Wichcasset line Eight nnles then 

T". k^t trNortt six Miles then Easterly in a line v,th 

^^hcfsft headl' Northerly hne E.ght n>iles and tvon> 

tlience to tlie tirst mentioBed Corner. 

All is Humbly Submitted 

pr Order of Thomas Clapp , , , . 

Accepted and the Committee are directed to bring 

^'^Trm:::::^ -opposed and it .ailed as is se^^ 

^^-r ri^r:^ spencer ^^pps L^t^o_r 
-' Con.iand.-I^i;et I^^^^^ 

ince of Massachusetts 13a\, tne xxouui ,.,1 Pnnrt 

Council and House of Bepresentat.ves rn Geue.al Con.t 

assembled at Boston this 5th ^'^J »' O"' ^ ' f ;. , p^^,.;,,,^ 
"Samuel Whitteniore of Cambrnlge m said 1 '»""«; 
Ge"lsrael Averell of Sheepscot for -"^ - ^^ 
themselves and others the Proprietors and Inhabitants t 
t Wesrstde of Sheepscot Biver in the County of ImK 

r^ t:t TorSnimXcr :: 'sLf:: 

of the East side of Sheepscot R'™- "^^f' ^^^^i, !„eo,. 
certain reasons^therein ™™'-'-l^ l^,*'^ ^iuch Peti- 
porated Into Town order. The ^ ^ "™° p,,judi.ial 

before an> , xT,.,,,„i,.('d Court Avhy the prayer 

nritted to show cause m H-kuh d ^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^.^^^. 

should not be granted and as m Hut. 

Pray. Samuel AVhittemore, 

(Sign^f^-) Israel Averell." 



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458 



APPENDIX. 



This petition apppeavs to liave been unsuccessful ; for in 
1753 Newcastle with its present boundaries was incorpor- 
ated and in 1760 Pownalborough was incorporated whicli 
included the present towns of Wiscasset, Alna, Dresden 
and Swan Island. It was called Pownalborough and was 
the shire town of the County till 1794 Avhen it was divided 
into the present townships, though for a time Alna had 
the name of New Milford. Freetown Avas the name given 
to the localit}' whicli in 1774 was incorporated into the 
town of Edgecomb. 



Through the kindness of Dr. J. F. Pratt of Chelsea, 
Mass., I have also on hand other petitions relating to the 
incorporation of Newcastle, Wiscasset and Woolwich, 
together with remonstrances ; but as the}^ are gotten up in 
the same style as those alreadj' inserted, it seems hardly 
necessar}^ that any more space in my history should be 
occupied by matter of this kind. Dr. Pratt and all others 
who have helped me in the publishing of my book, will 
please to accept my thanks for the assistance which they 
have cheerfully afforded me whether it be by subscriptions 
or matter furnished for ni}' work. 

The Author. 



